CNN Poll: Donald Trump Holds Lead, Bernie Sanders Pulling Ahead in Iowa

Democratic caucus-goers said they trust the Vermont senator 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.

In December, Clinton led Sanders in the Hawkeye State by 18 points in CNN/ORC’s polling, 54% to 36%.

Cavuto said that many Democratic voters view Sanders in the mold of George McGovern, the far-left 1972 Democratic nominee who appealed to the party’s base but was routed by President Richard Nixon in the general election. “He’s been in Congress, he’s been elected to office a lot longer than I have”, Clinton said when questioned about Sanders’ attack on her establishment heritage.

Recent preference polls suggest her lead in Iowa has evaporated and in New Hampshire, Sanders has opened up a significant edge.

Bernie Sanders 51% support in Iowa, Hillary Clinton at 43, so it’s an eight-point lead for Bernie Sanders.

Real estate mogul Trump led Texas Senator Ted Cruz 37 percent to 26 percent in a new CNN/ORC poll Thursday in Iowa, where both parties hold their cacuses on February 1.

Against Donald Trump, likely New Hampshire voter choose Sanders 57 percent to 34 percent. “He is just so new”, she said of Sanders.

After those two states, the race moves to Nevada and SC, which have more diverse voting populations and where polls show Clinton leading.

Although Clinton avoided directly hitting Sanders earlier in the day, she did comment on the fact that Sanders said earlier this week that groups like NARAL, Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign – all organizations that endorsed Clinton – were part of the “establishment” that he was running against.

She said the Iranian government still engages in a variety of concerning behaviors, including supporting terror, backing Syrian President Bashar Assad and destabilizing the region.

In the first primary state, the polls all show Bernie Sanders ahead – but even here the polls are a freakish mixture, with wildly different margins. It would perhaps have been better for Clinton to emphasize the time she spent as first lady and the Secretary of State, and then debunk Sanders’ argument, because as of now, it appears that Clinton was attempting to completely evade the time she spent in other positions of power.

Bernie Sanders is literally mopping the floor in New Hampshire with Hillary Clinton.

“I sometimes wonder whether those who are so adamantly opposed to the fundamental freedom to make your own choices on this most personal of issues are just unaware, ignorant, opportunistic, cynical”, she said.

Sunday’s fourth Democratic presidential debate gave voters a surprisingly clear look at what the candidates are itching to do in the White House.