A new poll shows Hillary Clinton leading Democratic presidential primary rival Sen. Bernie Sanders in Massachusetts — a Super Tuesday voting state the Vermont lawmaker is counting on to win.
The Suffolk University survey released Sunday gives Clinton 50 percent of the vote, while Sanders has 42 percent; 8 percent remain undecided.
The margin of error in the poll is plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
An Emerson College survey earlier in February showed the contenders tied, but a WBUR Democratic primary survey last week gave Clinton a 5 percentage point edge over Sanders, the
Boston Globe reports.
Still, it's Sanders who's been picking up votes in recent months, the Globe reports.
"She's not growing at all," David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, tells the Globe.
"Sanders is growing, but he's not catching her. He hasn't closed the deal. If she beats him here, if the lead holds up, I think this is one of those states he was counting on to win. It still could happen, but it's going to be a challenge."
The Massachusetts primary allows independents to vote in either the Democratic or Republican contest, and Sanders has a 17-point lead among them, the Globe reports.
"It really depends on a decision that independent voters are going to make on Monday night," he tells the Globe. "People could jump out of the Republican primary and say, 'I'm going to send a message to Hillary Clinton and vote for Bernie.'"
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