But with most voting stations open until 7pm local time, everything remains to play for.
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Under New Hampshire state law, towns with populations of under 100 can apply to cast their vote as the clock strikes midnight and close the polling station as soon as everyone has voted.
Dixville traditionally gets most of the spotlight due to its media-friendly setup at the Balsams Grand Resort Hotel.
UMass and 7News have released continued tracking in New Hampshire.
Cruz won Iowa in large part with the support of evangelical Christians, but faces a tough challenge in New Hampshire, where the electorate is less religious. They can vote in either primary.
On the heels of what polls say will be his first primary victory, Donald Trump issued arguably his coarsest insult of the campaign. The former Florida governor is one of three Republicans hoping that Florida Sen.
A woman in the crowd yelled that rival Sen. Bernie Sanders has a 53.3 to 40.5 percent lead over Clinton.
The Democratic race between Clinton and Sanders is also getting increasingly nasty with a clash over the former NY senator’s ties to Wall Street and her campaign’s attacks on his foreign policy. The Vermont senator led among women (50 percent to 46 percent), usually a strong point for Clinton, and Sanders also had a 51 percent to 46 percent lead among registered Democrats.
The enthusiasm behind Trump, a real estate mogul with who has never held political office, and Sanders, an avowed democratic socialist, underscore the public’s anger with the current political system. The poll includes interviews with a random sample of 887 adult residents of New Hampshire, including 362 who plan to vote in the Republican presidential primary and 363 who say they plan to participate in the Democratic primary.
Under this scenario, the loyal Trump plurality gives him disproportionate power not just in SC but in the massive “SEC primary” that follows one week later.
While speaking about GOP hopeful Ted Cruz at a rally in Manchester on Monday, Trump repeated an audience member’s description of the Texas senator.
Trump appeared to be leading the rest of the Republican field by an even larger margin.
But he was significantly ahead of the fourth and fifth place candidates in the poll, Ohio Governor John Kasich at 10 percent and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush at 7 percent.
New Hampshire voters go to the polls Tuesday, and they will resolve a lot of questions.
In his final swing through the state Monday, Christie urged voters to pick a candidate who “has the maturity, and the steadiness, and the aggression to protect our country and put us back in the right spot”. The moderate Kasich could surprise in a state where 44 percent of voters are independents who tend care more about ideas than party affiliations. Some party leaders believe both Trump and Cruz are unelectable in the general election, especially if Clinton is the Democratic nominee.
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Sanders, cruising toward a likely first win in New Hampshire, resisted calling more attention to the accusations being leveled by Clinton’s campaign.
