Presidential Hopefuls Sanders, Clinton In Dead Heat - Reuters/Ipsos Poll

[Purveyor]

By Chris Kahn

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has erased Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's wide lead for the Democratic presidential nomination since the start of year, putting the two in a dead heat nationally, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Clinton leads Sanders 48 percent to 45 percent among Democratic voters, according to the poll of 512 Americans, conducted Feb. 2-5 following the Iowa caucus. The poll has a credibility interval of 5 percentage points.

Democrats had been supporting Clinton by more than a 2-to-1 margin at the beginning of the year. Sanders has narrowed that lead considerably over the past several weeks.

Clinton beat Sanders narrowly in the Iowa caucuses, the nation's first nomination contest ahead of the November election, but is expected to lose to him in New Hampshire. The two rivals clashed on Thursday night in their first one-on-one debate, reflecting the tightness of the race.

There is still a wide gap between the two in name recognition nationally. Nearly a quarter of Democrats and two-fifths of Independents say they are still not that familiar with Sanders. In comparison, Clinton has almost total name recognition among voters.

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[Zorra]

1. K&R nt

[tecelote]

2. This is why Sanders will win...

"There is still a wide gap between the two in name recognition nationally. Nearly a quarter of Democrats and two-fifths of Independents say they are still not that familiar with Sanders. In comparison, Clinton has almost total name recognition among voters."

All he needs is more exposure. His surge continues.

[CoffeeCat]

3. It took Obama a lot longer to close those national polls

Progress is happening so fast for Bernie.

His campaign is gaining while the Clinton camp takes on water.

Her inevitability was chipped away slowly last year. This year, it seems to be melting. She's being taken down much faster.

Obama never had the national polls this tight on the eve of the NH primary. I also noticed that Sanders is ahead 7 points more than Obama was at this point in 2008 in NEVADA.

Obama ended up winning more delegates in NV, so this bodes very well for Bernie, who is doing better in NV than Obama was at this point.

[tecelote]

5. That's great!

Thanks for the good news.

[roguevalley]

4. the minute he said he would start I knew he would win. The

moment was ready for him. He will win.

[frylock]

6. And people will still deny that name recognition is playing a huge part.

[CharlotteVale]

7. K&R

[speaktruthtopower]

8. I think this poll

was reported a few days ago, but it was printed on the Canadian Yahoo site today.