Marco Rubio has moved into second place in New Hampshire, but still trails front-runner Donald Trump by double digits.
According to the latest WHDH/UMass Lowell daily tracking poll, Trump leads the GOP field with 36 percent support heading into next week’s New Hampshire primary, a drop of two points for the first time in the poll. With a gain of 3 points, Rubio has shot into second place with 15 percent.
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz dropped into third with 14 percent, followed by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush down a point to 8 percent and Ohio Gov. John Kasich with 7 percent (no change).
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (5 percent), Ben Carson (4 percent) and Carly Fiorina (3 percent) round out the rest of the candidates, while 8 percent say they are undecided.
On the Democratic side, after a close win in the Iowa caucuses, Hillary Clinton trails Bernie Sanders 58 percent to 36 percent, a 22 point margin, but still a gain of four points overnight. Sanders dropped three points.
The poll of 487 likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire carries a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points, while the poll of 420 likely Democratic primary voters has a 5.3 percentage point margin.