Obama, McCain leap ahead in N.H.

Here's the article on the USA Today/Gallup poll:

Obama's victory in Iowa has cost Clinton the aura of electability. In December, Democrats here said by 47%-26% that she had the best chance of winning in November. Now, by 45%-34% Obama is favored on that point.

"After Iowa, electability comes down to this: Winners win and losers lose, and that's about it," says Dante Scala, a political scientist at the University of New Hampshire...

Obama leads by eight points among Democrats and 23 points among independents. Women split between them evenly; he owes his lead to his edge among men, 49%-20%. Obama also leads narrowly among seniors and by an overwhelming 3-1 among voters under 35.

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Poll: Obama, McCain leap ahead in N.H.

By Susan Page, USA TODAY

www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-01-06-poll-newhampshire_N.htm

 

NASHUA, N.H. — Amid frenetic last-minute campaigning, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds the onetime front-runners in New Hampshire lagging as Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have surged to leads before Tuesday's primary.