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New poll shows a Clinton-Sanders dead heat in Iowa

Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at
a rally in Dallas in July. Photo by Mike Stone/Reuters)

Bernie Sanders has drawn even with Hillary Rodham Clinton in a new poll of
likely Iowa caucus-goers, suggesting a major shift in the nation's first
nominating state.

Sanders attracts 41 percent support compared to 40 percent for Clinton in
the new Quinnipiac University survey
<http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/iowa/release-detail?ReleaseID=2277>
released Thursday morning. The result is well within the poll's margin of
error, making the race a statistical dead heat.

Vice President Joe Biden draws 12 percent, while former Maryland governor
Martin O'Malley garners 3 percent.

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]

The poll is the latest evidence of Sanders's surge in the early-voting
states. Recent polls out of New Hampshire have shown the independent
senator from Vermont leading the former secretary of state in the nation's
first primary state.

The Quinnipiac poll is the first to show such a close race in Iowa.

In a July survey, Clinton was leading Sanders, 52 percent to 33 percent,
with Biden drawing 7. The former vice president has not announced whether
he is running.

The new Quinnipiac poll, conducted Aug. 27 through Sept. 8, has a margin of
error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.


Eric D. Schwerin
eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com

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