Bernie Sanders is beating Hillary Clinton by a whopping 27 percentage points among Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire, according to a new CNN/WMUR poll.
The Vermont senator leads the former secretary of State 60%-33%, expanding his lead by nearly 20 points since late November and early December, when he led her 50%-40%.
Sanders has been the consistent leader in polls of the first-in-the-nation primary state recently, but this is his largest margin of any poll in the race, according to RealClearPolitics.
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Voters surveyed said they thought Sanders would be better on the economy, 57%-33%, and has characteristics a president should have, 58%-33%. In another troubling number for Clinton, some 55% of respondents said she is the “least honest.” Of the remainder, 36% didn't provide an answer, while 2% chose Sanders.
A majority — 55% — did say she would best handle the Islamic State threat, but only a fraction — 13% — said foreign policy and national security is the most important issue. Twice as many said jobs and the economy were more important.