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Where did pollsters go wrong in New Hampshire?

Pollsters got the GOP primary here right and correctly forecast Sen. Barack Obama's turnout. So how could they be so wrong about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton?

The day after Clinton shocked Obama in the Democratic presidential primary, pollsters said pre-election surveys underestimated the number of older women who would vote, and panned the idea Obama's race hurt him in the vote.

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