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"U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is not only the choice of Democratic voters in the New Hampshire primary, but he is the Granite State\u2019s overall choice to be the next president, a new poll shows.Click to watch News 9's coverageSanders outpolls former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in hypothetical match-ups with five top Republican presidential contenders, while Clinton is virtually deadlocked with several of them.Sanders\u2019 performance in the latest WMUR/CNN New Hampshire Primary Poll pushes back against those Clinton supporters who insist that he is less electable than she is in a general election.View the ful poll results here.While that may be the case in other states, the poll shows it is not currently the case in New Hampshire, which, despite having only four electoral votes, for two decades has been a hotly contested swing state in presidential general elections.The University of New Hampshire Survey Center polled 903 likely 2016 general election voters Jan. 13-18. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percent. The survey center said 52 percent of those polled said they were registered undeclared, or independent voters, while 24 percent were registered Republicans and 23 percent were registered Democrats.According to the poll, 36 percent of likely Granite State voters say they have definitely decided who they will vote for in November, while an additional 21 percent are leaning toward a candidate and 43 percent have yet to make a final decision.In a match-up of the current New Hampshire front-runners in each party, Sanders leads Republican businessman Donald Trump, 57 percent to 34 percent, with 6 percent favoring another candidate and 3 percent undecided. Independents favor Sanders, 55 percent to 33 percent.Clinton leads Trump, 48 percent to 39 percent, with 10 percent supporting another candidate and 3 percent undecided. Independents favor Clinton 43 percent to 34 percent.U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who jumped to second place in the latest WMUR/CNN New Hampshire Primary Poll of Republican candidates, trails Sanders, 56 percent to 33 percent, with independents favoring Sanders, 56 percent to 24 percent.Clinton has a much smaller lead over Cruz, 47 percent to 41 percent, with independents slightly favoring Cruz, 39 percent to 33 percent.Sanders leads U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida 55 percent to 37 percent, with independents favoring Sanders 54 percent to 30 percent. Clinton and Rubio are virtually tied, with 45 percent favoring Rubio and 44 percent favoring Clinton and independents favoring Rubio 45 percent to 30 percent.Sanders also has a big edge over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie \u2013 57 percent to 34 percent, with independents favoring Sanders 58 percent to 25 percent. Clinton leads Christie, 45 percent to 42 percent, which is within the margin of error, with independents favoring Christie 41 percent to 31 percent.Sanders leads Ohio Gov. John Kasich, 54 percent to 33 percent, with independents favoring Sanders 55 percent to 27 percent. Kasich and Clinton are tied at 43 percent. Independents favor Kasich 43 percent to 31 percent.The survey center did not match up Sanders and Clinton against the other Republican candidates."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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