The 31-point lead that Hillary Clinton held over Bernie Sanders just a month and half ago has since vanished to a near tie. A new national poll by Quinnipiac University out Friday finds that Clinton now leads Sanders by only 2 points, 44 percent to 42 percent — within the poll's 4.5 percentage-point margin of error. In mid-December, Clinton led Sanders nationwide 61 percent to 30 percent.
In other bad news for Clinton, the Quinnipiac poll also reveals that Sanders fares better in hypothetical matchups with Republican presidential candidates. Against Donald Trump, Sanders leads in a head-to-head matchup by 10 points, while Clinton only ekes out a hypothetical victory by 5 points. Sanders edges a 4-point winning margin against Ted Cruz and a tie with Marco Rubio, while Clinton ties with Cruz and trails Rubio by 7 points.
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