Clinton cuts into Sanders’s New Hampshire lead: Poll
US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has made further inroads into primary rival Bernie Sanders’s lead in New Hampshire ahead of voting there.
According to a UMass Lowell/7 News tracking poll released on Friday, Clinton picked up 7 net points overnight, trailing Sanders by only 15 points before Tuesday’s primary in the traditionally blue state.
The Vermont senator now holds 55 percent of support in New Hampshire, compared to Clinton’s 40 percent support.
At the beginning of the week, the former secretary of state was trailing by 31 points.
Sanders still has big support among young voters, gaining 89 percent from the 18- to 29-year-old demographic and 72 percent support from the 30-39 age group.
In a hypothetical presidential contest against Republican candidates, Sanders defeated Donald Trump by 19 points, Ted Cruz by 21 points and Marco Rubio by 14 points in New Hampshire, the poll showed.
Meanwhile, Clinton defeated Trump only by a 4-point margin and Cruz by a 3-point margin, but trails Rubio by 3 points.
On Thursday, Clinton and Sanders clashed over a range of issues as they appear in their first one-on-one Democratic primary debate.
Clinton mounted a sharp attack on Sanders, accusing her Democratic challenger for the White House of smear tactics and warning his promises of political revolution "don't add up."
Clinton called Sanders an idealist who cannot get things done.
The 90-minute debate at the University of New Hampshire in the small college town of Durham comes three days after Clinton clinched the narrowest victory in the Iowa caucus’ history against Sanders and five days before the first state primary in the 2016 election process.
Sanders, who identifies as a Democratic socialist - unique for a US presidential candidate -- slammed the corrosive power of Wall Street on US democracy.
He attacked Clinton, saying she cannot claim to be both a moderate and a progressive, criticizing her for raising $15 million from Wall Street.
"Enough is enough," said Clinton after listing her record on racial injustice, children's rights and fight to widen American access to healthcare.
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