Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton only held a 2-point lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll of the Iowa Democratic presidential contest released Thursday morning.
Clinton earned the support of 42 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers while Sanders followed closely at 40 percent.
In the mid-December iteration of the poll, Clinton led Sanders by 9 points, 48 to 39. In October, she led him by 5 points.
While the gap between the two prominent Democratic candidates is closing, likely caucusgoers who previously chose Clinton aren’t necessarily going to Sanders. Instead, the Des Moines Register reported, there’s been an increase in “uncommitted” caucusgoers. Fourteen percent of respondents have no first choice, a 6-point jump since December.
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley remained at 4 percent.
The poll was conducted by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines from Jan. 7-10 by phone among 503 likely Democratic caucusgoers. The margin of error was plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
Clinton will win because of her organization. The old gray hairs know how to caucus.
With all the debate about the debates, it looks like DWS has scheduled the next one at just about the perfect time. I believe it will be this Sunday, January 17.
I notice TPM for some reason felt like it shouldn’t mention the poll that has her up by 21 in Iowa.
Just imagine the polling numbers if she weren’t the inevitable nominee.
They’re definitely in the tank for Sanders.