--- title: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Tied in Iowa, New Hampshire description: Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are neck and neck in both Iowa and New Hampshire, a new poll has found canonical: https://time.com/4174283/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-10T15:35:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:49:24.533Z article:section: Politics og:title: Poll: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Deadlocked in Iowa and New Hampshire og:description: Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are also close in Iowa and New Hampshire og:url: https://time.com/4174283/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ad82d67641b73f6/698878540a4a22b6199c7cff/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In New Hampshire og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Deadlocked in Iowa and New Hampshire twitter:description: Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are also close in Iowa and New Hampshire twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ad82d67641b73f6/698878540a4a22b6199c7cff/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Poll: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Deadlocked in Iowa and New Hampshire ## Video: The Third Democratic Debate, In Under Two Minutes [Watch (HLS stream): The Third Democratic Debate, In Under Two Minutes](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/lTPNqlFm.m3u8) (1:54)  _Published 2015-12-20. Here are the highlights from the final Democratic debate of 2015._  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 10, 2016 3:35 PM UTC  Democratic president candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., on Dec. 19, 2015. Democratic president candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., on Dec. 19, 2015.Andrew Burton—Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 10, 2016 3:35 PM UTC [Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders](http://time.com/4172793/hillary-clinton-iowa-caucus-bernie-sanders/) are neck and neck in both Iowa and New Hampshire, [a new poll has found](http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-even-in-early-races-poll-finds-1452434581). [Clinton](http://time.com/tag/hillary-clinton/) is slightly ahead among likely Democratic voters in Iowa with a 48%-to-45% lead over the Vermont senator, according to the latest Wall Street _Journal_/NBC News/Marist poll. However, [Sanders](http://time.com/tag/bernie-sanders/) is narrowly beating the former Secretary of State among likely primary voters in New Hampshire with 50% support compared Clinton’s 46%, the survey shows. Both leads in the early voting states are within the poll’s margins of error, the Wall Street _Journal_ reports. “The Democratic contests in Iowa and New Hampshire could still go either way,” Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, told the newspaper. “If your New Year’s resolution was to have clarity in 2016, you better also have resolved to be patient.” Meanwhile, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is leading Donald Trump, 28% to 24%, among likely voters in Iowa, but the real estate mogul is ahead in New Hampshire with 30%, according to poll results. The Iowa survey was conducted between Jan. 2 and Jan. 7 among 422 likely Democratic voters. The margin of error was plus or minus 4.8 percentage points. Its survey of 456 likely Republican voters in the state had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 percentage points. The New Hampshire poll, conducted during the same time, included interviews with 569 likely Republican primary voters and 425 likely Democratic primary voters, according to the Journal. The margin of error was plus or minus 4.1 percentage points for Republicans and 4.8 percentage points for Democrats. \[[_WSJ_](http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-even-in-early-races-poll-finds-1452434581)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4174283/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4174283/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/"},"headline":"Poll: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Deadlocked in Iowa and New Hampshire","datePublished":"2016-01-10T15:35:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:49:24.533Z","description":"Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are also close to even among likely voters in Iowa and New Hampshire","url":"https://time.com/4174283/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ad82d67641b73f6/698878540a4a22b6199c7cff/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ad82d67641b73f6/698878540a4a22b6199c7cff/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In New Hampshire","caption":"Democratic president candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton debate at Saint Anselm College Dec. 19, 2015 in Manchester, New Hampshire.","creditText":"Andrew Burton—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4174283/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/","name":"Poll: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Deadlocked in Iowa and New Hampshire"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Third Democratic Debate, In Under Two Minutes","description":"Here are the highlights from the final Democratic debate of 2015.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/lTPNqlFm/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-12-20T05:14:20.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/lTPNqlFm.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4174283/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/","duration":"PT1M54S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4174283/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```