Clinton Lead Over Sanders Among Latino Voters Rapidly Narrowing
Among all Democrats, Sanders has gained significantly over the past four months, cutting a Clinton lead that had been hovering at or near 20 percentage points among all Democrats in November to just 11 percentage points (50 to 39 percent) on the eve of the Iowa Caucuses. That trend has leveled off over the past three weeks, however, with only minor fluctuation and no significant change in the overall national trend.
Yet among Hispanic voters, what had been a two-to-one or better Clinton lead for the past six months has narrowed dramatically in the two weeks following the Iowa Caucuses. Where our surveys had shown Clinton leading by 20 percentages points or better during December and January, her advantage had reduced to just three percentage points (46 to 43 percent) on our most recent week of tracking (from February 8-February 14).