Hillary Clinton is leading Bernie Sanders by a whopping 41 points in Iowa
Hillary Clinton is so far ahead in Iowa she's practically lapping the competition. A new Monmouth University poll out Tuesday shows that Clinton has moved comfortably ahead in the state, with 65 percent of the vote — a 41-point lead over second-place contender Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) 24 percent support in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley trails with 5 percent support, while political activist Lawrence Lessig garnered 1 percent of the vote.
"We now have a two-person race, but one of those competitors has just pulled very far ahead," Monmouth pollster Patrick Murray said.
The Monmouth poll is the first conducted after Clinton's appearance before the House Benghazi Committee and Vice President Joe Biden's official announcement that he would not seek the Democratic nomination.
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The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.
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