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Bernie Sanders just melted away a 30-point Hillary Clinton lead in a new poll

Brett LoGiuratoFeb 5, 2016, 18:59 IST

Bernie Sanders.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) closed a 30-point gap with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to virtually tie her in a new national survey published Friday.

The poll, from Quinnipiac University, found Clinton leading Sanders among national Democratic-primary voters, 44% to 42%.

That was a wild swing from a mid-December Quinnipiac poll that found Clinton leading 61% to 30% nationally over Sanders.

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