Sen. Bernie Sanders is gaining ground fast on Hillary Clinton in Iowa, doubling his numbers in a couple months, according to a new
Quinnipiac poll.
Clinton still has a healthy lead on Sanders at 52-33, but it's a much tighter race than it was in early May at 60-15.
"Secretary Hillary Clinton should not be biting her fingernails over her situation in the Iowa caucus, but her lead is slipping and Sen. Bernie Sanders is making progress against her. Her 52 percent score among likely caucus-goers is still OK, but this is the first time she has been below 60 percent in Quinnipiac University's Iowa survey," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
Brown pointed out that Iowa Democratic caucus-goers actually skew more liberal than typical Democratic primary voters in other states, which is helping Sanders in the Hawkeye State. He also said that Clinton's negatives had not substantially increased among Democratic voters overall, despite the
press obsession with her emails.
"The good news for Clinton in this survey is that despite problematic scores among the overall electorate regarding her honesty and ability to understand the needs of average folks, none of those negative ratings are showing up among her Democratic base, to which she remains an iconic figure," Brown added.