President Barack Obama holds a slim lead over Mitt Romney in New Hampshire, according to a new poll released Tuesday evening.
The latest poll from the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, Obama claims the support of 49 percent of likely voters, while Romney trails with 45 percent. Obama held a 9-point lead over Romney in UNH’s previous poll in April.
Democrats have carried New Hampshire in four of the last five presidential elections, but the Granite State is favorable terrain for the presumptive Republican nominee in 2012. Romney has a home in New Hampshire and he served as governor in neighboring Massachusetts. In January, he won the state’s Republican primary handily.
The PollTracker Average currently shows Obama narrowly edging Romney in New Hampshire.
