Poll: Trump, Sanders ahead in Iowa
A new CNN/ORC poll released Thursday shows Donald Trump leading the Republicans in Iowa, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at the top of the Democratic race.
Among likely Republican caucus-goers, Trump has a commanding lead with 37 percent of respondents supporting him. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is a distant second at 26 percent, and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is in third with 14 percent. Among likely Democratic presidential caucus-goers, Sanders has an eight point lead over Hillary Clinton, at 51 percent to 43 percent.
The numbers change when only including voters who participated in their party's most recent caucus — Cruz jumps to first with 30 percent, followed by Trump with 28 percent and Rubio with 16 percent. On the Democratic side, Clinton leads Sanders 55 percent to 38 percent.
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CNN/ORC surveyed by telephone 2,002 adults living in Iowa from Jan. 15 to 20, including 266 likely Republican presidential caucus-goers and 280 likely Democratic presidential caucus-goers. Both party samples have a margin of error of plus or minus six percentage points.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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