The WMUR/CNN poll shows Sen. Hillary Clinton with the lead at 27 percent. Former Sen. John Edwards has surged in recent weeks to narrowly take second place over Sen. Barack Obama, with 21 percent. Obama was the choice of 20 percent of New Hampshire voters polled.

The survey, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, measured responses from 339 New Hampshire residents who plan to vote in the Democratic primary and has a margin of error of 5.3 percent, putting the race essentially at a three-way tie.

Manchester TV station WMUR reported that, eight weeks ago, a similar poll showed Clinton at 35 percent, with a large lead over Obama and a 2-to-1 advantage over Edwards.

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