Poll: Clinton leads Sanders in Massachusetts 49% to 44%

Voters say that they trust Hillary Clinton on foreign policy issues more than Bernie Sanders. | Getty



Poll: Clinton leads Sanders in Massachusetts

By Nick Gass

02/25/16 11:18 PM EST

Hillary Clinton's primary prospects in New England are not nearly as bleak as her distant finish to Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire might suggest, if the latest WBUR poll from Massachusetts released Thursday is any indication.

The former secretary of state claimed 49 percent of support among voters likely to cast their ballots in the Democratic primary on Super Tuesday, while Sanders came in with 44 percent, still inside the poll's margin of error. Just 2 percent said they do not know whom they will support or refused to answer the question.

The gender gap that has been at play in other states continues in Massachusetts, with 56 percent to 35 percent of likely women voters backing Clinton and 55 percent to 40 percent of men supporting Sanders.

While voters said they trust Clinton more on issues related to foreign policy (70 percent to 22 percent), working with Congress to get things accomplished (54 percent to 33 percent) and "keeping America safe" (56 percent to 29 percent), they indicated that they trusted Sanders more on addressing income inequality (61 percent to 30 percent) and reforming the campaign finance system (56 percent to 25 percent).
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