Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) takes an eight-point lead over Gov. Maggie Hassan (D) in an NBC/WSJ/Marist poll of the U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire, expanding her margin over her Democratic challenger after a previous streak of the Senator behind.
Ayotte leads the race, 52 percent to 44 percent, among likely New Hampshire voters.
The most recent poll, from Emerson College, of the U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire showed a two-point lead for Ayotte, but earlier August polls from WMUR/University of New Hampshire and MassINC Polling have shown Hassan ahead by multiple points.
The NBC/WSJ/Marist poll was conducted Sept. 6-8 over the phone among 737 likely New Hampshire voters, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.
TPM’s PollTracker Average for the U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire shows Ayotte leading Hassan, 49.9 percent to 44.4 percent.
Wow. This is not good for retaking the Senate from the GOTP.
Her breaking the 50% mark is troubling to say the least.
Democrats are incapable of wining winnable elections as they run weak and feckless candidates who are afraid to fight and define their opponent. Somehow republicans figured out how take back the senate in 2014 why cant democrats figure it out. It shouldn’t be that tough
She should have been down by over 5% at this time. Dems may not be able to take the Senate.
While driving around the Seacoast of NH this weekend - which leans Democratic - I noticed that I didn’t see any Hillary signs. Four and 8 years ago at the start of September, you would have seen a lot of Obama signs. There is no strong enthusiasm for Hillary and this is really hurting Maggie Hassan. What a shame - Ayotte is an awful senator.