Third Pollster Shows Big Shift In NH Governor’s Race

New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan listens to panel discussion on “education and workforce: growing school leaders and teachers” at the National Governors Association 2013 Winter Meeting in Washington, Sunday, Feb.... New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan listens to panel discussion on “education and workforce: growing school leaders and teachers” at the National Governors Association 2013 Winter Meeting in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) MORE LESS
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Yet another poll has come out as Election Day nears indicating a potentially closer race than previously imagined for New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan (D).

The final Granite State Poll of the race, released Sunday, showed an 11-point swing in favor of challenger Republican Walt Havenstein. The poll found Hassan leading 47 percent to 43 percent.

A Granite State Poll conducted the week prior had shown Hassan with a 15-point lead. The University of New Hampshire, which conducted the poll, said in a press release that the race was now “too close to call”.

The poll marked the third time in the past two weeks that a pollster has shown a large shift in favor of Havenstein.

In addition to the Granite State Poll, New England College and American Research Group had consistently shown Hassan with a comfortable lead until the past two weeks.

In Hassan’s favor, however, her lead in the latest Granite State Poll was larger than what the others had shown, and it was also outside the margin of error of 3.6 percent.

Additionally, the final poll of the race by New England College, also released Sunday, showed a bounce back in Hassan’s favor. It showed her leading Havenstein by 7.3 percent.

The Granite State Poll was conducted from Oct. 29 through Nov. 2 and surveyed 757 likely voters on landlines and cellphones. The poll was conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center and sponsored by WMUR-TV.

The TPM PollTracker average on Monday showed Hassan with a 5.7 percent lead.

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