Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a slight edge over 2016 Democratic presidential rival Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont in Iowa, days ahead of the Feb. 1 caucuses, and she holds a big lead over Mr. Sanders in South Carolina, while Mr. Sanders has a sizable advantage in New Hampshire, according to a set of polls released Thursday.
Mrs. Clinton had 48 percent support among likely Democratic caucus-goers in Iowa to Mr. Sanders’ 45 percent in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley was at 3 percent.
Mrs. Clinton’s advantage was within the survey’s margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percent.
Mrs. Clinton had the same 48 percent to 45 percent lead over Mr. Sanders in Iowa in an NBC News/WSJ poll released earlier this month.
In New Hampshire, meanwhile, Mr. Sanders expanded what had been a 4-point lead over Mrs. Clinton into a 19-point, 57 percent to 38 percent, advantage in the survey released Thursday. Mr. O’Malley was at 2 percent.
In the survey earlier this month, Mr. Sanders had a 4-point, 50 percent to 46 percent, lead over Mrs. Clinton in New Hampshire.
In South Carolina, Mrs. Clinton had a greater than 2-to-1 advantage over Mr. Sanders, 64 percent to 27 percent, with Mr. O’Malley at 2 percent.
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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