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                     Clinton, Sanders in Tight Iowa Contest

   by VOA News

   Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator
   Bernie Sanders are locked in a tight Democratic presidential nominating
   contest in Iowa, the latest survey in the Midwestern farm state showed
   Wednesday.

   Quinnipiac University said Sanders, who calls himself an independent
   socialist Democrat, is winning the support of 49 percent of Democrats
   likely to participate in next Monday's party caucuses in Iowa, compared
   to 45 percent for Clinton, the country's top diplomat from 2009 to
   2013. It said former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley has the backing
   of 4 percent of voters.

   The Iowa voting is the first balloting in the months-long process to
   pick Democratic and Republican presidential nominees ahead of next
   November's national election to select a successor to President Barack
   Obama when he leaves office in a year.

   [1]Quinnipiac's Iowa survey, conducted in recent days, showed men, very
   liberal and younger voters supporting Sanders. He has centered his
   campaign attacks on Wall Street and corporate interests in the United
   States that he says have led to a growing wealth gap between the very
   rich and the rest of Americans.

   The poll showed voters 45 and older, along with women, favoring
   Clinton, who could become the first female U.S. president

   Quinnipiac polling official Peter Brown said the Iowa trend could be
   reminiscent of 2008, when Clinton lost the vote in the central U.S.
   state to Obama. He went on to win the Democratic nomination and the
   presidency.

   "Perhaps more than other contests, the Iowa caucuses are all about
   turnout," Brown said. "If those young, very liberal Democratic caucus
   participants show up Monday and are organized, it will be a good night
   for Senator Sanders. And if Sanders does win Iowa, that could keep a
   long-shot nomination scenario alive."

   National surveys of Democrats still show Clinton ahead, but with a
   dwindling margin over Sanders, down to 12 percent in one poll released
   this week.
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References

   1. http://www.quinnipiac.edu/images/polling/ia/ia01272016_I62pmst.pdf
   2. http://www.voanews.com/content/clinton-sanders-in-tight-iowa-contest-/3165012.html