Clinton and Sanders nearly tied in Nevada days ahead of the caucuses
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Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders are virtually tied in Nevada just three days ahead of the state's Democratic caucuses Saturday. A new poll out Wednesday by CNN/ORC shows Clinton just 1 point ahead of Sanders, with 48 percent to Sanders' 47 percent. Clinton's lead is well within the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points.
Sanders pulls ahead with Nevada's younger voters and Clinton does the same with voters over the age of 55. Clinton leads on foreign policy, health care, immigration, and race relations, but on other issues the two are nearly deadlocked. Sanders and Clinton are essentially tied on the economy — which 42 percent rated the most important issue — and on who would do more to help the middle class.
The poll was conducted between Feb. 10-15 among 282 likely Democratic caucus-goers.
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