Ron Paul now polling at 7.4% In New Hampshire

A new poll shows Ron Paul moving up in New Hampshire. The huge wild card, the New Hampshire independent voters, is still wild as 40% indicate they are undecided which party's primary they will participate in.

A new poll St. Anselm College's Institute of Politics will release a new poll today, completed by SRBI Research in New York City, showing that Clinton and Romney hold solid leads in New Hampshire. The survey of 1,514 likely primary voters has margins of error of 4.1 percent for Democrats, 4.5 percent for Republicans and 4.8 percent for undecided voters. It was conducted Oct. 15 to 21. It shows Democrat Clinton leading Obama 42.6 to 21.5 percent, with John Edwards at 13.9 percent. Among Republicans, Romney leads Giuliani 32.4 to 21.8 percent, with John McCain at 15.2 percent and Ron Paul in fourth place at 7.4 percent.

Many New Hampshire voters have strong libertarian leanings, for example supporters of the Free State Project.