U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama overtook his party rival Hillary Clinton in a New Hampshire poll by 10 percent two days before the state's primary, CNN reported on Sunday.
According to the survey conducted on Saturday and Sunday by CNN-WMUR, the Illinois senator led Clinton, the New York senator and former first lady, 39 percent to 29 percent, a sharp change from a previous poll result announced on Saturday which showed that the two were tied at 33 percent.
Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards remained at the third place in the poll with 16 percent, dropping four percentage points than the previous one.
"The Iowa caucus results have convinced growing numbers of Granite State voters that Obama can really go all the way," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
According to the director, despite a poll in December that showed 45 percent of the interviewed thought Clinton had the best chance of winning the Democratic Party's final nomination, the Sunday poll indicated that now Obama has a 42-percent to 31-percent edge over Clinton.
On the Republican side, Arizona Senator John McCain slightly led former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 32 percent to 26 percent, according to the survey which was conducted among 341 Democrats and 268 Republicans likely to vote on the Jan. 8 primaries.
The Iowa caucuses winner, former Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee dropped to the third place with 14 percent, it added.
Source:Xinhua
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