A new poll puts Democratic incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen up 2 points over Republican Scott Brown in New Hampshire in a race in which Ms. Shaheen is getting pushed to the limit by Mr. Brown, a former senator who used to represent Massachusetts.
Ms. Shaheen leads Mr. Brown, 49 percent to 47 percent, among likely voters in a new CNN/ORC poll — within the margin of error for the sample of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
The two were tied among likely voters in a CNN/ORC poll taken from Sept. 8-11.
A majority of likely voters — 52 percent — have a favorable opinion of Ms. Shaheen, compared to 45 percent who have an unfavorable one. They’re more split on Mr. Brown; 48 percent have a favorable impression of him, and 50 percent have an unfavorable one.
That could be partly why Mr. Brown, like other Republican candidates across the country, has relentlessly tried to tie Ms. Shaheen to President Obama. Just 39 percent of likely voters approve of the job Mr. Obama is doing as president, compared to 57 percent who disapprove.
Ms. Shaheen has a 2.5-point lead in RealClearPolitics’ latest average of public polling on the race.
Interviews with 1,023 adults, among them 645 likely voters, was taken from Oct. 18-21.
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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