Latest New Hampshire Primary Poll (12/30)

 In what should be the last poll of 2007, both parties show a dead heat. With just over a week before the New Hampshire primary both races are heating up.

For the Democrats:

Hillary Clinton’s support is down by 7 percent since ARG’s December 16 to 19 survey. Obama is up 3 percent, to 24 and John Edwards up 6 percent, to 21. Other candidates trailed badly. Bill Richardson is at 5 percent, Joe Biden and Dennis Kucinich at 3, Chris Dodd and Mike Gravel at 1, with 8 percent undecided

 Obama and Hillary are basically tied, and Edwards is closing the gap. I find Edwards’ surge to be the most astonishing, I thought his campaign was dead in the water months ago. And speaking of dead in the water, John McCain is in a virtual tie with Mitt Romney. McCain’s immigration position should have killed off his candidacy months ago, but yet here he is:

 McCain and Romney both gained, rising from 26 to 30 percent in the new poll. Mike Huckabee held steady at 11 percent, with Rudy Giuliani losing almost half his support, falling to 9 percent. Ron Paul is at 7 percent, Fred Thompson at 3, Alan Keyes and Duncan Hunter at 1. Undecideds are just 8 percent.

 Mitt Romney’s support has not waned, the rise of McCain seems to be coming from the defection of Rudy and Thompson supporters. It looks to be a dog fight down to the end.

 Both parties show undecided voters down to eight pecent as the primary inches closer. The wild card still appears to be the Independent undecided voters. Independent voters in New Hampshire are the largest voting block and at last count, 60% on Independents were undecided, this latest poll doesn’t take into account Independent voters, so anything can still happen.