Hillary Clinton has a big national lead over Bernie Sanders heading into Super Tuesday

Hillary Clinton.
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Hillary Clinton has a wide lead on her opponent Bernie Sanders going into Super Tuesday tomorrow, according to a nationwide CNN/ORC poll released Monday. The results found Clinton with 55 percent of support among Democrats, with Sanders trailing at 38 percent. In the RealClearPolitics average of polls, however, Sanders is much closer behind Clinton, at 42.2 percent to her 47.2 percent.

While Clinton got higher marks among Democrats for handing the responsibilities of president in the CNN poll, Sanders beat her on honesty — 59 percent say he is honest and trustworthy versus Clinton's slimmer 36 percent. Voters are almost evenly divided on which of the candidates better understands "the problems facing people like you."

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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.