Poll Finds One State Where Sanders Could Beat Clinton In A Primary

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters during an open house at his Iowa campaign headquarters, Saturday, June 13, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) could give Hillary Clinton a run for her money in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, according to a new Morning Consult poll released on Sunday.

Among voters who plan on voting in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, 44 percent said they preferred Clinton while 32 percent said they favored Sanders.

However in Iowa, 54 percent of Democratic primary voters favored Clinton while just 12 percent favored Sanders. And in South Carolina, 56 percent said they favored Clinton while 10 percent said they preferred Sanders.

Morning Consult surveyed 279 Democratic voters in New Hampshire, 313 Democratic voters in Iowa, and 309 Democratic voters in South Carolina online and by phone. For all three polls, the margin of error among Democratic voters was plus or minus 6 percent.

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