Globe poll: Obama soars to big lead in New Hampshire (17 point swing in 1 month)

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/10/globe_poll_obam.html

Globe poll: Obama soars to big lead in New Hampshire
October 26, 2008 08:57 AM
By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff

CONCORD, N.H. - Barack Obama has vaulted to a 15-point lead over John McCain in New Hampshire, according to a new Boston Globe poll, a significant gap in a state that McCain considers his second political home and has long been a swing state in the race for the White House.

Financial distress has clearly driven voters from McCain to Obama, who was trailing his Republican rival by 2 percentage points in September - a 17-point swing in just one month. Nearly half of those surveyed cited the economy and jobs as their top concerns, and they overwhelmingly saw Obama as the candidate best equipped to address them.

"McCain certainly has his back to the wall in New Hampshire," said Andrew Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, which conducted the poll.