New Hampshire moving out of toss-up? +6 to OB, +3 on same poll this time last week.

[blue-kite]

http://www.nec.edu/news/new-poll-gives-president-obama-some-daylight-in-new-hampshire

[WI_DEM]

1. It appears the NH polls are moving the president's way.

[tanyev]

2. I'm surprised to hear it was ever a toss-up.

Way out here in red state hell, I always assumed NH was a solid blue state. No?

[regnaD kciN]

5. No...

For decades, NH was "the Alabama of New England" -- the backwater of right-wing sentiment in the area. It's only in recent years that it's moved more toward being a swing state.

[WI_DEM]

6. Very true!

[blue-kite]

7. Not really... pretty sold red in 70s and 80s, always voted Republican.

Since then its always been on the cusp.

[TroyD]

3. Yes, I posted this same poll earlier this morning

But yes, the New England College poll was (+3) for Obama last week and it is (+6) for Obama this week.

It says at the link they will be doing a final poll on Monday November 5.

[blue-kite]

8. Oh... missed that. Oh well, good news shared twice!

Final poll Monday. I'm not looking at polls on Monday, I'm going to the bar and staying there!

[WI_DEM]

9. That's okay with several polls posted at the climax of the campaign it is

bound to happen.

[WI_DEM]

4. Only sad thing about this poll is that we may lose a democratic

house member.

[NHDEMFORLIFE]

11. Actually, we'll gain one

We lost both of our fine Democratic members of Congress in the 2010 tidal wave. Kuster has a solid shot at winning back the 2nd CD seat. Shea Porter, not so much.

[NHDEMFORLIFE]

10. It was never in doubt

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Not as far as I was concerned, anyway.
Yes, NH was as solid red as it could be as recently as 25 years ago. It morphed into deep purple, before Bill Clinton won it twice. If Gore had spent more than a half-hour in during the general election, he'd have won here, too.
NH is now a light blue. Give us time and it'll be solid.

[Jennicut]

14. I love NH and would never give up on it.

Hope it turns blue like the rest of us in New England. I am from Connecticut, hence the name Jennicut. I have been to NH tons of times and my father in law lives there too, in Lyman. Spent lots of time in Franconia, Lincoln and Woodstock over the years and it feels like a home away from home.

[Cali_Democrat]

12. The media will only move it out of "tossup" if Romney is +6

Otherwise it's still pretty much a tie according to the media if Obama is +6

[blue-kite]

13. Oh you naughty cynic! :)