Single digits now separate Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary.
Sanders trails Clinton by just 7 points following his Tuesday victory in the New Hampshire primary, according to a new Morning Consult survey released Friday.
Clinton earns 46 percent among Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters nationwide, a 5 percentage point drop since the beginning of February. With a boost of 4 points over the same time, Sanders is now at 39 percent support. Eight percent say they support “someone else,” with 7 percent saying they “don’t know/no opinion.”
Sanders is also viewed more favorably among Democrats — an edge Clinton has enjoyed up until now — with 78 percent for Sanders and 75 percent for Clinton.
Sanders is now the only candidate in the field, in either party, who is seen favorably by a majority of voters.
The survey of 811 Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters was conducted Feb. 10-11 and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
