--- title: Iowa Poll: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Deadlocked description: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are in a dead heat in Iowa just days before the state's critical Democratic presidential caucuses canonical: https://time.com/4195665/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-iowa/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-27T16:08:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:56:25.514Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Deadlocked in New Iowa Poll og:description: Sanders leads with young voters but Clinton is ahead with women og:url: https://time.com/4195665/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-iowa/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4892d07fa141440/69887abcf887dc3121e94528/clinton-sanders1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: clinton-sanders og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Deadlocked in New Iowa Poll twitter:description: Sanders leads with young voters but Clinton is ahead with women twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4892d07fa141440/69887abcf887dc3121e94528/clinton-sanders1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Deadlocked in New Iowa Poll ## Video: What Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Need to Win the Democratic Race [Watch (HLS stream): What Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Need to Win the Democratic Race](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/88kr3X41.m3u8) (4:50)  _Published 2016-01-16. In early voting states like New Hampshire, the hard work of winning elections is often decided by volunteers on the ground._  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 27, 2016 4:08 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton in Charleston, SC on Jan. 17, 2016 (R); Bernie Sanders in Las Vegas, Nevada on Nov. 9, 2015. Hillary Clinton in Charleston, SC on Jan. 17, 2016 (R); Bernie Sanders in Las Vegas, Nevada on Nov. 9, 2015.Andrew Burton—Getty Images (R); Ethan Miller—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 27, 2016 4:08 PM UTC Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are in a dead heat in Iowa just days before the state’s critical Democratic [presidential caucuses](http://time.com/4172793/hillary-clinton-iowa-caucus-bernie-sanders/), according to [a new poll](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/images/polling/ia/ia01272016%5FI62pmst.pdf). The Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday found Sanders, the Vermont Senator, leading Clinton, the former Secretary of State, 49%-45%, within the poll’s margin of error. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is in a distant third, with 4%. Polls have indicated a tight race between Clinton and Sanders ahead of the Feb. 1 caucuses, with some showing Clinton up and some showing Sanders ahead. Most polls show Sanders holding an edge in New Hampshire—whose primary takes place after the Iowa caucuses—but national surveys still given Clinton a healthy lead. In the Quinnipiac poll, Sanders leads Clinton by a wide margin among younger voters—78% of likely Democratic caucus participants between the ages of 18 and 44 back Sanders, compared with 21% who support Clinton. Clinton is leading with female voters, 54% to Sanders’ 40%. The survey of 606 likely Democratic caucus-goers, conducted Jan. 18-24, has a sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4195665/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-iowa/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4195665/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-iowa/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Deadlocked in New Iowa Poll","datePublished":"2016-01-27T16:08:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:56:25.514Z","description":"Sanders leads with young voters but Clinton is ahead with women","url":"https://time.com/4195665/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-iowa/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Bernie Sanders"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4892d07fa141440/69887abcf887dc3121e94528/clinton-sanders1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4892d07fa141440/69887abcf887dc3121e94528/clinton-sanders1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"clinton-sanders","caption":"Hillary Clinton in Charleston, SC on Jan. 17, 2016 (R); Bernie Sanders in Las Vegas, Nevada on Nov. 9, 2015.","creditText":"Andrew Burton—Getty Images (R); Ethan Miller—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/4195665/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-iowa/","name":"Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Deadlocked in New Iowa Poll"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"What Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Need to Win the Democratic Race","description":"In early voting states like New Hampshire, the hard work of winning elections is often decided by volunteers on the ground.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/88kr3X41/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-01-16T21:45:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/88kr3X41.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4195665/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-iowa/","duration":"PT4M50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4195665/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-iowa/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```