A new poll says that Bernie Sanders has overtaken Hillary Clinton in Iowa.
The poll, conducted by Quinnipiac University and released Tuesday, says that 49 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers threw their support to Sanders, while 44 percent were for Clinton.
Four percent said they were for former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.
The new poll is a turnabout in Iowa, where Clinton, the former secretary of state, has led Sanders, a senator from Vermont, for months. It also is the second poll this week that shows a tight race in Iowa.
On Sunday, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll said Clinton was leading by only three points in Iowa.
The new poll says there is a wide gap in how men and women in Iowa see Clinton and Sanders. Sanders was leading among men, 61 percent to 30 percent, while women favored Clinton, 55 percent to 39 percent.
The poll was conducted Jan. 5-10, and 492 likely caucusgoers were surveyed. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
The poll’s administrators say that Sanders’ surge appears to be based on likely caucusgoers’ belief that he is a better fit for them. By double-digit margins, poll respondents said Sanders more closely shares their values — and that he’s more honest and trustworthy, said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the poll.
“Iowa may well become Sen. Bernie Sanders’ ‘Field of Dreams,’” Brown said.
In December, the Quinnipiac poll had Clinton leading by 11 points.
On issues in this new poll, Sanders was the favored candidate of 51 percent of respondents on the economy, compared with 39 percent for Clinton. That was the most important issue of 35 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers, the poll said.
Clinton was the favored candidate on the second most important issue, health care, by a narrow 48-43 margin, according to the poll. But on climate change, the third most important issue, Sanders held a wide advantage over Clinton, 51 percent to 32 percent.
Clinton was seen as the most electable, with 85 percent of respondents saying she would have a good chance of winning the general election, while 68 percent said that of Sanders.
Sanders led among people who said this would be their first caucus, 66 percent to 26 percent. Clinton was favored among those who have attended in the past, 52 percent to 41 percent.
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The poll, conducted by Quinnipiac University and released Tuesday, says that 49 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers threw their support to Sanders, while 44 percent were for Clinton.
Four percent said they were for former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.
The new poll is a turnabout in Iowa, where Clinton, the former secretary of state, has led Sanders, a senator from Vermont, for months. It also is the second poll this week that shows a tight race in Iowa.
On Sunday, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll said Clinton was leading by only three points in Iowa.
The new poll says there is a wide gap in how men and women in Iowa see Clinton and Sanders. Sanders was leading among men, 61 percent to 30 percent, while women favored Clinton, 55 percent to 39 percent.
The poll was conducted Jan. 5-10, and 492 likely caucusgoers were surveyed. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
The poll’s administrators say that Sanders’ surge appears to be based on likely caucusgoers’ belief that he is a better fit for them. By double-digit margins, poll respondents said Sanders more closely shares their values — and that he’s more honest and trustworthy, said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the poll.
“Iowa may well become Sen. Bernie Sanders’ ‘Field of Dreams,’” Brown said.
In December, the Quinnipiac poll had Clinton leading by 11 points.
On issues in this new poll, Sanders was the favored candidate of 51 percent of respondents on the economy, compared with 39 percent for Clinton. That was the most important issue of 35 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers, the poll said.
Clinton was the favored candidate on the second most important issue, health care, by a narrow 48-43 margin, according to the poll. But on climate change, the third most important issue, Sanders held a wide advantage over Clinton, 51 percent to 32 percent.
Clinton was seen as the most electable, with 85 percent of respondents saying she would have a good chance of winning the general election, while 68 percent said that of Sanders.
Sanders led among people who said this would be their first caucus, 66 percent to 26 percent. Clinton was favored among those who have attended in the past, 52 percent to 41 percent.
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