Sanders Takes Big Lead Now In Both Iowa And New Hampshire

For the first time Bernie Sanders is now ahead of Hillary Clinton in both New Hampshire and Iowa.

Bernie Sanders is ahead of Hillary Clinton in both Iowa and in New Hampshire for the first time in a CNN poll. The switch is dramatic in Iowa, which holds the first-in-the-nation primary, the Iowa caucuses, in just eleven days.

Sanders has now opened up an eight-point lead against Clinton in Iowa, 51% to 43% (video above). Just last month, in a prior CNN/ORC poll, Clinton was beating Sanders 54% to 36%. She has now lost 11 points against Sanders among likely Democratic presidential caucus-goers.

CNN notes that “sampling is key,” noting that for “Democrats who caucused in 2008, Clinton leads Sanders, 55% to 38%.”

Sanders wins Democratic caucus-goers “over Clinton on the economy by 22 points, and 67% said they thought he would do more to help the middle class, as opposed to 30% who felt that way about Clinton.”

CNN says Clinton “was seen as more likely to win the general election in November, 60% to 38%.”

The most recent CNN poll for New Hampshire, the CNN/WMUR poll, put Bernie Sanders ahead of Hillary Clinton by 27 points, 60% to 33%.

CNN’s Dana Bash says that if Sen. Sanders “can get out these new voters, it’s a game changer.”

 

Image: Screenshot via CNN