Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has pulled 16 percentage points ahead of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, according to a Boston Herald/Franklin Pierce University poll released Monday.
The telephone poll showed support for Sanders at 55 percent, while support for Clinton stood at 39 percent. This indicates a substantial break out for Sanders, who led the December iteration of the same poll by only two points, at 48 percent to Clinton’s 46 percent. It is consistent with a majority of polling in suggesting a surge in support for Sanders in New Hampshire, although the details of this surge have varied widely from a few points within the margin of error to double-digit leads.
The Boston Herald/Franklin Pierce University poll surveyed 408 likely Democratic primary voters from January 20-24, with a margin of error of 4.9 percent.
