Dean Spilitoes

New Hampshire Public Radio's The Exchange program devoted the whole hour yesterday to discussion of New Hampshire's elections from state Senate to the U.S. Senate.

On the panel were UNH's Andy Smith, professor Dean Spiliotes, NHPR's Dan Gorenstein and PolitickerNH.com's James Pindell.

You can listen to the program here.

U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) will have to improve his standing among independents if he has any chance of holding to his seat this fall, a poll released yesterday suggests.

The Granite State Poll, conducted by The University of New Hampshire Survey Center, received a lot of attention yesterday when it showed Sununu down 17 percentage points behind former Democratic Gov. Jeanne Shaheen in his re-election campaign. A closer look into the poll show the difference could be in how independent voters view him.