Fresh off her sterling showing in the first of six Democratic presidential debates, overall party front-runner Hillary Clinton has surged into a virtual tie with rival Bernie Sanders in the crucial, early-voting state of New Hampshire.
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In a Suffolk University/Boston Globe post-debate poll, Politico reports Clinton now bags 37 percent of the vote to Sanders 35 and 11 percent for still formally unannounced potential candidate and current vice president Joe Biden.
The poll also found that just 36 percent of interviewees are hoping Biden officially enters the race for what would he his third Democratic run for the Oval Office.
The surge in support comes as welcome news for Clinton, who just over a month ago was polling at just 28 percent in the state, according to a NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll and trailing Sanders by some 14 points. In that poll, Biden also fared significantly better at 18 percent.
The Suffolk poll was conducted between Oct. 14-15, surveying 500 likely Democratic primary voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
A Huff Post/You Gov poll also found following the debate 52 percent of registered Democratic voters insisted they want Clinton as the party's official nominee, up from 44 percent going into the paneled discussion.
In addition, 52 percent of all respondents said their view of Clinton improved over the course of the CNN telecast, while 42 percent said the same of chief party rival Sanders.
An NBC online poll also found 56 percent of respondents thought Clinton won the debate and only three percent thought she came out of the forum in worse shape than when she went in.
Meanwhile, Sanders registered a net score of +30, showing he too managed to appeal to a significant portion of party voters.
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