Contenders for the Republican and Democratic nominations in this year's US presidential election are spending their last full day attempting to win support in the north-eastern US state of New Hampshire.
Tomorrow New Hampshire holds its presidential primaries.
Opinion polls suggest Democratic Senator Barack Obama, who won the caucuses in Iowa last week, has opened up a strong lead on his main rival, Senator Hillary Clinton.
Senator Obama has a ten point lead, with 39% to Senator Clinton's 29%. Previously, the polls showed the two Democratic contenders as tied.
Also for the first time, more New Hampshire voters saw Mr Obama as the Democrat most able to beat a Republican rival in the race for the White House, according to a CNN/WMUR poll, which gave him a 42% to 31% edge over Ms Clinton on 'electability'.
During campaigning yesterday, Senator Clinton said she was 'very proud' of what she described as her 'small contribution' to the Northern Ireland peace process.
Ms Clinton told RTÉ News that if elected she would be a leader who would 'take chances for peace'.
Other Democratic hopefuls are lagging behind Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton. Former Senator John Edwards is in third place, at 19%. The polls show former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson in fourth place with 6%, ahead of Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich, who stands at 2%.
McCain moves ahead
On the Republican side of the race, Senator John McCain has sailed ahead of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in the polls, with a five point lead. The polls now show Senator McCain with 34%.
Senator McCain won the the New Hampshire primary in 2000 with help from a surge of independent support, but eventually lost the Republican nomination to Bush.
Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister and former Arkansas governor, dropped back slightly to 10%, barely holding third place over former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at 9%.
The Republican frontrunners clashed in the latest debates. Mr Romney, who lost the Iowa caucus to Mr Huckabee, told his rival: 'You know, Mike, you make up facts faster than you talk and that's saying something.'
Mr Romney also launched a withering assault on the credentials of Senator McCain, a Vietnam War hero, saying he's been in Washington for so long he's got 'lobbyists at each elbow.'
Senator McCain appeared to remain above the fray, striking a more conciliatory tone and extolling his past military record.
Among the lagging Republican contenders, Texas Representative Ron Paul is showing 6% in the polls, while former Senator Fred Thompson and California Representative Duncan Hunter trail at 3% and 1% respectively.
About 6% in each party remain undecided, according to the New Hampshire poll.
The rolling tracking poll will continue until New Hampshire's vote on Tuesday. In a rolling poll, the most recent day's results are added while the oldest day's results are dropped in order to track changing momentum.
