Hillary Clinton is first choice of 37 per cent of likely Democratic caucus goers while Sanders is following with 30 per cent in race for Iowa caucus
In the race for the Iowa caucus, Senator Bernie Sanders is gaining on Hillary Clinton as he sits only seven points behind her, according to a new poll.
Clinton, the Democratic presidential frontrunner, is in the lead with 37 per cent of likely Democratic caucusgoers while Sanders is following closely behind at 30 per cent, the Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll found.
The poll also includes Vice President Joe Biden who captured 14 per cent, although he has not yet announced a presidential bid.
According to the poll, 96 per cent of Sanders' supporters said they support him and his ideas while two per cent say they are motivated by opposition to Clinton.
Poll respondents also said they are in favor of Sanders because of his refusal to run a negative campaign, his big ideas and his authenticity, the poll found.
'He doesn't sugarcoat anything, and he has answers to actual questions. He doesn't just use talking points,' Deb Bolfik, 41, a grocery store worker from Des Moines who plans to support Sanders in the caucuses told the Des Moines Register.
This is the first time that Clinton has fallen below the 50 per cent mark this year in a Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll.
Clinton has suffered a steady erosion in the number of people in opinion polls who see her as trustworthy as controversy has grown over her use of a private email account when she served as America's top diplomat.
However, 76 per cent of her supporters and 61 per cent of all likely Democratic caucusgoers say the email controversy is not important to them, the poll shows.
Only 28 per cent of all likely caucusgoers said the emails are at least somewhat important.
If she does become the nominee, about two-thirds of likely Democratic caucusgoers said they are 'mostly confident' that she can win the general election, according to the poll.
In the race for the Iowa caucus, Senator Bernie Sanders is gaining on Hillary Clinton as he sits only seven points behind her, according to a new poll.
Clinton, the Democratic presidential frontrunner, is in the lead with 37 per cent of likely Democratic caucusgoers while Sanders is following closely behind at 30 per cent, the Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll found.
The poll also includes Vice President Joe Biden who captured 14 per cent, although he has not yet announced a presidential bid.
According to the poll, 96 per cent of Sanders' supporters said they support him and his ideas while two per cent say they are motivated by opposition to Clinton.
Poll respondents also said they are in favor of Sanders because of his refusal to run a negative campaign, his big ideas and his authenticity, the poll found.
'He doesn't sugarcoat anything, and he has answers to actual questions. He doesn't just use talking points,' Deb Bolfik, 41, a grocery store worker from Des Moines who plans to support Sanders in the caucuses told the Des Moines Register.
This is the first time that Clinton has fallen below the 50 per cent mark this year in a Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll.
Clinton has suffered a steady erosion in the number of people in opinion polls who see her as trustworthy as controversy has grown over her use of a private email account when she served as America's top diplomat.
However, 76 per cent of her supporters and 61 per cent of all likely Democratic caucusgoers say the email controversy is not important to them, the poll shows.
Only 28 per cent of all likely caucusgoers said the emails are at least somewhat important.
If she does become the nominee, about two-thirds of likely Democratic caucusgoers said they are 'mostly confident' that she can win the general election, according to the poll.
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