Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton in US presidential race: Poll
US Senator Bernie Sanders has moved past Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton in the US presidential race in the state of New Hampshire, site of the first presidential primary elections of 2016, according to a new survey.
The senator from Vermont gets the support of 49 percent of Democratic voters in New Hampshire and the former secretary of state gets 38 percent, according to an NBC News/Wall Street journal poll released Monday.
The poll showed many Democratic voters in New Hampshire cited Clinton’s personal email use as a problem for them.
New Hampshire holds the first primary election in the US presidential race every four years to choose the delegates to the Democratic and Republican national conventions, who choose the party nominees for the elections.
The presidential primary elections and caucuses are held in each US state, part of the nominating process of the US presidential elections.
The new poll has surprised many political analysts as the latest sign of Clinton’s potential weaknesses as a candidate.
Sanders’ emphasis on US income inequality and influence of corporate money on elections and government has helped him attract large crowds on the campaign trail.
In the state of Iowa, Clinton’s lead over Sanders has declined from 24 points in July (49 percent to 25 percent) to 11 points (38 percent to 27 percent).
Along with the New Hampshire primary, Iowa's caucuses have become the starting points for choosing the two major-party candidates for president.
Among Republican candidates running for the White House, frontrunner Donald Trump now leads by 7 points in Iowa and by 16 points in New Hampshire.
In Iowa, Trump gets the support from 29 percent of potential Republican voters while second-place Ben Carson receives 22 percent.
Among other GOP candidates, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush gets 6 percent; Kentucky Senator Rand Paul and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker get 5 percent each; while Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal are each at 4 percent.
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