RACE IN N.H.
“There’s no question the gap has been narrowing,” Duprey said. “I think New Hampshire is more critical for Mr. Trump than Secretary Clinton, but she obviously realizes this race has been tightening fairly dramatically.”
Trump is also going up against history — despite its reputation for independent voting, New Hampshire has now gone Democratic in five of the last six presidential elections, breaking only for President George W. Bush in 2000.
Still, both sides have been going all in on New Hampshire this time around.
Since mid-October, the Clinton campaign has blitzed New Hampshire with an army of surrogates: U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton, daughter Chelsea Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden.
Clinton herself last hit the Granite State on Oct. 24 at St. Anselm College and may still return before Tuesday.
Trump is deploying daughter Ivanka for stops in Hollis and Nashua today.
The billionaire has also been trying to make a play for the 2nd Congressional District in Maine, which would give him one additional electoral vote because of the state’s unusual proportioning rules. He held a rally in Lisbon, Maine, population 9,000, last Friday.
Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign also announced yesterday that President Obama would return to New Hampshire on Monday — a move meant not just to bolster the former secretary of state’s chances, but to mobilize Democrats for down-ballot candidates, including Gov. Maggie Hassan, whose Senate race against U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte is the second-most expensive in the country, after Pennsylvania, where Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is pitted against Democrat Katie McGinty.
“The president’s popular right now and part of his message is preserving his legacy,” Zogby said. “He’s saying that to African-American voters, but I think he also knows he has some juice in New Hampshire. He won it. And part of his legacy is try to get the Senate back on track.”