Hillary Clinton might have trouble clinching the northeast states, namely New Hampshire, in a new poll from Franklin Pierce University and Boston Herald.

Statistical Dead Heat

If the U.S. presidential election was held today between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, New Hampshire residents will essentially encounter a statistical tie. Conducted between May 25 and May 28 with 405 randomly selected New Hampshire residents, Trump and Clinton were tied at 44 percent, each.

Clinton and Trump have deep unfavorable ratings.

"One of the most fascinating aspects of this year's race for President is how unpopular the two front runners are with voters. Both of the two likely Presidential nominees are viewed negatively by almost two-thirds of voters, and positively by only about one-third," wrote the polling firm.

Trump has an unfavorable rating of 62 percent, but Clinton is just behind 1-percentage point at 61 percent. In regards to favorability, Clinton attracted 35 percent to 34 percent for Trump.

For New Hampshire's neighboring senator, independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is still running for the Democratic presidential nomination, he has far better favorable ratings than Trump and Clinton. Sanders received an approval rating of 56 percent, while only 39 percent held an unfavorable opinion of the self-described "democratic socialist."

Respondents were asked if Sanders should suspend his campaign or stay until the Democratic Party's national convention in July. With 77 percent, voters said that Sanders should stay in the race, while 16 percent think he should end his presidential bid.

"Interestingly, Republicans (84 percent) are more likely to think Sanders should stay in the race than Democrats (65 percent), suggesting that Republicans think that by staying in the race, it makes it politically more difficult for Clinton to focus her attention solely on the general election," the poll, conducted by RKM Research, noted.

Independent Voters' Choice

As expected, most Republican respondents favored Trump as most Democrats favored Clinton in a hypothetical matchup between both New York public figures, but both names nearly tied among the Granite State's independent voters. Between Clinton and Trump, the former secretary of state attracted 43 percent of independent voters to the former "Celebrity Apprentice" star's 42 percent.

A hypothetical question between Sanders and Trump was not asked in the survey.

The next Democratic Party primary election will take place at the Virgin Islands, with a caucus, on June 4. Puerto Rico, however, will have its closed primary on June 5 with 60 pledged delegates at stake. New Hampshire voters held their primary in early February, which Sanders easily won with 60.4 percent to Clinton's 38 percent.

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