Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) has pulled ahead of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by a 14-point margin in New Hampshire, according to a Monmouth University poll released Tuesday.
The poll showed Sanders at 53 percent in New Hampshire compared to Clinton’s 39 percent. When Monmouth last polled the state’s Democrats in November, Clinton enjoyed a three-point lead over Sanders.
The strong national lead Clinton maintained throughout the fall was never reflected in New Hampshire, where Sanders, a senator from neighboring Vermont, frequently polled better than the Democratic frontrunner. A Sanders surge in New Hampshire would come as several polls suggest he’s pulling ahead in Iowa as well.
The Monmouth poll surveyed 413 likely Democratic voters in New Hampshire by phone from January 7-10. It had a margin of error of 4.8 percentage points.
