--- description: Hillary Clinton is leading Bernie Sanders in a new national poll ahead of the final Democratic debate before the Iowa caucuses title: Poll: Hillary Clinton Leads Bernie Sanders Nationally By 25 Points image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Poll: Hillary Clinton Leads Bernie Sanders Nationally By 25 Points  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 17, 2016 3:44 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 17, 2016 3:44 PM CUT Hillary Clinton is leading Bernie Sanders in a [new national poll](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/poll-clinton-holds-25-point-national-lead-over-sanders-n498071?cw=sm%5Ftw&hootPostID=c4a9748ae08d9e8fc17e57a1ac39e1c5 "undefined") ahead of Sunday’s final Democratic debate before the Iowa caucuses. The former Secretary of State is beating Sanders by 25 points nationally, according to according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street _Journal_ poll of likely Democratic primary voters. Clinton is the top pick among 59% of Democratic primary voters, while Sanders has the support of 34%, the survey shows. Third-place candidate Martin O’Malley got the support of just 2% of likely voters. Clinton, Sanders and O’Malley will duke it out in Charleston on Sunday night during the [fourth and final debate](http://time.com/4183625/democratic-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/ "undefined") before the first contests of the Democratic primary. The latest poll results differ from a [New York _Times_/CBS survey](http://time.com/4178322/hillary-clinton-poll-national/ "undefined"), which found Clinton’s advantage slipping with a slim seven-point lead. The NBC News/WSJ poll was conducted Jan. 9-13 and included 400 likely Democratic primary voters. The margin of error is plus-minus 4.9 percentage points. \[[_NBC_](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/poll-clinton-holds-25-point-national-lead-over-sanders-n498071?cw=sm%5Ftw&hootPostID=c4a9748ae08d9e8fc17e57a1ac39e1c5 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4183753/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-poll-3/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4183753/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-poll-3/"},"headline":"Poll: Hillary Clinton Leads Bernie Sanders Nationally By 25 Points","datePublished":"2016-01-17T15:44:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:06:22.148Z","description":"An earlier national poll found Clinton ahead by only seven points","url":"https://time.com/4183753/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-poll-3/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"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/4183753/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-poll-3/","name":"Poll: Hillary Clinton Leads Bernie Sanders Nationally By 25 Points"}}]},{"@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/4183753/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-poll-3/","duration":"PT4M50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4183753/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-poll-3/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```