New Hampshire Poll Finds Clinton, Trump In Tight Race

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s poll numbers are falling across the country, but not in New Hampshire, where the GOP nominee is closing in on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

According to a MassINC Polling Group/WBUR-FM poll, Clinton is leading Trump 41 to 38 percent. That’s a drop of about 4 points from late September, when she led Trump 42 to 35 percent, reported CBS News.

That change is in the opposite direction of most other polling, which has shown Trump to be slipping after running fairly close to Clinton for several months.

According to Real Clear Politics polling averages, Clinton leads Trump in every major national poll at a rate of about 6.7 percent.

Since the release of remarks Trump made in 2005 on a hot mic during an “Access Hollywood” taping about groping women, his numbers have fallen but Clinton’s hasn’t really improved.

On Sep. 30, Clinton led Trump in polling averages, 47.5 percent to 44.4 percent. But since then, Trump has dropped to 41.4 percent, while Clinton has climbed less than a whole percentage point, to 48.1 percent.

In New Hampshire, people appear to be throwing their support behind third party candidates.

Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson polls at 11 percent and Green Party nominee Jill Stein is at 3 percent.

The Senatorial race in New Hampshire is also extremely close. Incumbent Republican Sen Kelly Ayotte is tied with Democratic challenger Gov. Maggie Hassan at 47 percent each.

Ayotte, who previously endorsed Trump, dropped her support after the release of the Access Hollywood remarks.

“I wanted to be able to support my party’s nominee, chosen by the people, because I feel strongly that we need a change in direction,” Ayotte said in a statement posted to Twitter. “However, I’m a mom and an American first, and I cannot and will not support a candidate for president who brags about degrading and assaulting women.”

According to the MassINC Polling Group/WBUR-FM poll, 61 percent of New Hampshire voters believed that was the right decision.

Sources: CBS News, Politico, Real Clear Politics, Kelly Ayotte/Twitter/ Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr