--- title: Hillary Clinton’s Lead Over Bernie Sanders Falls in New Poll description: Hillary Clinton’s national poll numbers in the Democratic primary are slipping, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll canonical: https://time.com/4178322/hillary-clinton-poll-national/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-13T00:32:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:05:46.291Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton’s Lead Over Bernie Sanders Fades in New National Poll og:description: Still, the majority of Democratic voters believe she'll win the primary og:url: https://time.com/4178322/hillary-clinton-poll-national/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt944957448b11e4f9/698878e0cf40a80671c41722/hillary-clinton-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Transportation Sec'y Foxx Endorses Hillary Clinton At Iowa Campaign Event og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton’s Lead Over Bernie Sanders Fades in New National Poll twitter:description: Still, the majority of Democratic voters believe she'll win the primary twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt944957448b11e4f9/698878e0cf40a80671c41722/hillary-clinton-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton’s Lead Over Bernie Sanders Fades in New National Poll  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 13, 2016 12:32 AM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton attends a campaign stop at the Electric Park Ballroom on Jan. 11 in Waterloo, Iowa. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton attends a campaign stop at the Electric Park Ballroom on Jan. 11 in Waterloo, Iowa.Joe Raedle/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 13, 2016 12:32 AM UTC Hillary Clinton’s national advantage in the Democratic primary over rival Bernie Sanders is slipping, according to the latest [New York _Times_/CBS News poll](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/13/us/politics/hillary-clintons-lead-over-bernie-sanders-slipping-in-new-poll.html?emc=edit%5Fna%5F20160112&nlid=55232055&ref=headline&%5Fr=1) released Tuesday. She received 48% of Democratic primary voters’ support across the country, while 41 percent favor Sanders, poll results show. Earlier on Tuesday, [Sanders overtook Clinton](http://time.com/4177441/bernie-sanders-iowa-poll-january/) with a five-point lead in the early voting state of Iowa, according to a Quinnipiac University survey of likely caucus-goers. Primary voters under 45 support the Vermont senator by a roughly 2-to-1 ratio, the survey has found. However, more than 7 in 10 Democratic voters, including most of Sanders’ supporters, still say [Clinton will win the Democratic primary](http://time.com/3977941/hillary-clinton-poll-trump/). The national _Times_/CBS News poll was conducted Jan. 7 through 10 and included 442 Republican primary voters and 389 Democratic primary voters. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 6 points for both Democratic and Republican primary voters. \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/13/us/politics/hillary-clintons-lead-over-bernie-sanders-slipping-in-new-poll.html?emc=edit%5Fna%5F20160112&nlid=55232055&ref=headline&%5Fr=1)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4178322/hillary-clinton-poll-national/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4178322/hillary-clinton-poll-national/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton’s Lead Over Bernie Sanders Fades in New National Poll","datePublished":"2016-01-13T00:32:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:05:46.291Z","description":"Still, the majority of Democratic voters believe she'll win the primary","url":"https://time.com/4178322/hillary-clinton-poll-national/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt944957448b11e4f9/698878e0cf40a80671c41722/hillary-clinton-poll.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/blt944957448b11e4f9/698878e0cf40a80671c41722/hillary-clinton-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Transportation Sec'y Foxx Endorses Hillary Clinton At Iowa Campaign Event","caption":"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton attends a campaign stop at the Electric Park Ballroom on Jan. 11 in Waterloo, Iowa.","creditText":"Joe Raedle/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/4178322/hillary-clinton-poll-national/","name":"Hillary Clinton’s Lead Over Bernie Sanders Fades in New National Poll"}}]}] ```