Bernie Sanders is only 7 points behind Hillary Clinton nationally after New Hampshire

Bernie Sanders speaks after winning New Hampshire.

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Bernie Sanders is trailing Hillary Clinton by single digits, a Morning Consult survey released Friday has found. The poll discovered that following the New Hampshire primary, Sanders is now back only seven points nationally.

Clinton held 46 percent of support among Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters, with 39 percent of support going to Sanders. A number of respondents are still making up their minds, with 8 percent saying they'd rather vote for someone else and 7 percent saying they had no opinion, or didn't know who they were voting for.

Sanders has long had bragging rights to being the only candidate running who is viewed more favorably than not, and that hasn't changed. Additionally, among the Democratically inclined voters polled by Morning Consult, 78 percent viewed Sanders favorably to Clinton's 75 percent.

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The survey was conducted on Feb. 10 and 11, polling 811 Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters. It has a margin of error of 3.4 percent.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.