Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a nine-point lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) among Iowa Democrats, according to a Monmouth/KBUR poll released Thursday.
The poll showed support for Clinton at 48 percent, compared to 39 percent for Sanders. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley also registered an unusually high level of support at 7 percent.
Though substantial, Clinton’s lead is narrower than in the previous iteration of the Monmouth/KBUR Iowa poll, which showed her leading Sanders 46 percent to 32 percent.
Several major polls lately have shown Sanders leading in Iowa, and some others have put Clinton’s lead within the margin of error, suggesting a collapse in support for Clinton in a state where she previously had been in a strong position. This poll contradicts that narrative.
The Monmouth/KBUR poll, conducted by Douglas Fulmer & Associates from Jan. 18-19, surveyed 570 Democratic voters in Iowa by phone. It had a margin of error of 4.1 percentage points.
Good to hear. Sanders has so few specifics in his plans whereas Clinton’s proposals display deep knowledge and clear ideas about how to fix problems.
Corrected.
Except Iowa actually votes first…
No, the IA caucus is Feb. 2. NH votes Feb. 9. Then on the 20th NV and SC vote. I think HRC will win IA, lose NH by a margin in the single digits, and then slay in NV and SC, and effectively put it to bed on Super Tuesday.
Don’t know what the last one said, but the only poll worth looking at in Iowa is the Des Moines Register poll because DMR appears to be the only poll whose pollsters know that Iowa is a caucus state.