Sanders leads Clinton in Iowa by eight points in new poll
US Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders is leading frontrunner Hillary Clinton by eight points in the state of Iowa just 10 days before the caucuses there, a new poll shows.
Sanders received 51 percent support in Iowa to Clinton's 43 percent, a CNN-ORC poll released on Thursday found. The former secretary of state led by 18 points in a December poll.
However, among voters who participated in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, Clinton is leading Sanders 55 percent to 38 percent, the survey found.
Clinton is still leading Sanders in the RealClearPolitics average of Iowa polls by 4.7 points, but recent polls have found that the Democratic presidential race has tightened considerably since the autumn.
The Iowa caucuses now appear headed for a close finish, which is likely to hearten Sanders’s supporters heading into he key state of New Hampshire, where he holds a lead over Clinton.
The Vermont senator is leading Clinton by 27 percentage points in New Hampshire, a new CNN/WMUR poll has found. Sanders is the favorite choice of 60 percent of likely Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire compared to 33 percent for Clinton.
Meanwhile, Republican candidate Donald Trump leads Senator Ted Cruz among likely voters 37 percent to 26 percent in Iowa, the CNN/ORG poll found.
In a Democratic primary that appears to be tightening, Clinton’s campaign has escalated its attacks on Sanders over his perceived inexperience with foreign policy.
On Thursday, Clinton’s campaign denounced her presidential rival Bernie Sanders over his proposal to normalize relations with Iran.
“This proposal to more aggressively normalize relations and to move to warm relations with Iran not only breaks with President Obama’s policy, it breaks with the sober and responsible diplomatic approach that’s been working for the United States,” Jake Sullivan, Clinton’s senior policy adviser, told reporters in a conference call.
“The proposal would not succeed, but it would cause very real consternation among our allies and partners,” Sullivan added.
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