Had Hillary Clinton paid strict attention to the polls going into the New Hampshire primary election, she may have spent the day in tears. Coming off a loss in Iowa to Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, she pulled out a victory after most prognosticators and pundits alike were predicting a devastating loss. Her next showdown will come on January 15th in Michigan where she is currently leading in the most recent polls.
According to figures available at usaelectionpolls.com she holds a solid 49 percent of Democratic voters expected to cast ballots in the primary election. And in the projected primary delegate count, Hillary is ahead with 70%. Barack Obama is trailing her there with only 18 percent, one of the widest margins polled in the early election states. Although Michigan is being penalized a number of delegates for moving their primary ahead of the February 5 date established by the Democratic National Committee.
South Carolina will be the next big test for Clinton as Obama is holding a seven percent margin over Clinton with 40 percent to 33 percent, which is almost reversed in polls coming out of Florida with Clinton at 40 percent and Obama at 32 percent. Clinton's surprise in New Hampshire may have been caused by what some experts call voting booth conversion, where voters told pollsters of their plan to vote for one candidate and then changed their mind once they entered the booth.
Clinton told New Hampshire voters she was able to pull out the upset not because they listened to her message, but because she listened to them and understand what they need from their next president. Money is surely to be flowing through the four states to hold important election through January, with Clinton planning to be on the move.
