In the Reuters/Ipsos poll released April 14, Bernie Sanders has overtaken Hillary Clinton among registered Democrats with a 1 percent lead (49 percent to 48 percent), and is already ahead by 16 percent among Democrat-leaning independent voters (45 percent to 29 percent).
The total average gives Sanders a 5 percent lead nationally, 47 percent to Clinton’s 42 percent.
The margin of error is 2.7 percent, and 11 percent said that they wouldn’t vote.
The poll was conducted between April 9-13 in the days leading up to the Democratic debate in Brooklyn, New York, where the candidates had a heated debate.
Five percent is the largest margin that Sanders has had over Clinton, with a handful of polls showing him with a margin of one or two percent nationally.
In the state of New York, however, Clinton maintains a large lead—the latest Marist poll shows a 17 point margin in favor of Clinton.
New York is the next state to go to the primaries on April 19. Sanders is looking to translate his recent string of wins into momentum, and Clinton is looking to stop that momentum in the state where she spent eight years Senator.
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