New Hampshire primary voters fluid

MANCHESTER, N.H., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Political strategists said New Hampshire's presidential primary is wide open as many voters remain undecided about which party they will support.

"It's like trying to nail Jell-O to a wall," said Mike Dupre, a Saint Anselm College political scientist. "It's that fluid."

Voters not registered with a party can choose either party on the day of the primary and more than 40 percent of New Hampshire's voters remain undeclared, USA Today reported Tuesday.

Voter Tim Marshall, 55, supported Sen John McCain, R-Ariz., in 2000 but said he is shifting his vote to Democratic Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., or Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., USA Today reported.

"I've been laid off three times since 2000. Now I'm a temp worker and when you're a temp, you feel like you're just disposable. So I'm looking for a candidate who's focusing on the middle class," Marshall said.

Undeclared voters gravitate to whichever race is tighter, said Fergus Cullen, the state GOP chairman. "They tune into one game and if it turns into a blowout, they tune into a different game," Cullen told USA Today.

New Hampshire has yet to set it's 2008 primary date, though many expect it to be in early January.