New Hampshire poll: Obama leads Romney 51-42

[WI_DEM]

http://www.unh.edu/survey-center/news/pdf/gsp2012_spring_presapp042312.pdf

Also, Obama has a 50/47 job approval rating in New Hampshire. His approval on his handling of the economy is 47% but that is up sharply from 37% in October.

Obama v. Romney
"Suppose the 2012 presidential election was being held today and the candidates were Mitt Romney, the Republican, and
Barack Obama, the Democrat, who would you vote for?" [ROTATE CANDIDATES]
Feb. ‘11 April ‘11 July ‘11 Oct. ‘11 Feb. ‘12 Apr. ‘12
Barack Obama 41% 43% 43% 42% 50% 51%
Mitt Romney 49% 50% 47% 50% 40% 42%
Other 3% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2%
Undecided 7% 6% 7% 7% 9% 5%
(N=) (712) (471) (729) (559) (483) (486)

[MADem]

1. Wow. That's wonderful--a bit surprising, but wonderful!

NH can be tricky--they've got some long-term Republicans up there. I think a lot of the old "rock rib" types have switched to Indy because they're ashamed (think Chaffee in RI).