Clinton Holds on to Lead in Iowa, 17% of Iowa Democrats Still Undecided

Hillary Clinton continues to hold a comfortable lead over Bernie Sanders among Iowa Democrats although her advantage decreased somewhat from her previous levels of support, according to a poll conducted by KBUR-AM Burlington, IA, and Monmouth College (IL).

Clinton leads Sanders 46% to 32% among likely caucus-goers with 5% for Martin O’Malley and 17% undecided.

“Clinton enjoys a healthy lead going into the final three months of the Iowa campaign,” said Robin Johnson, host of the “Talking Politics” show on KBUR and part-time professor at Monmouth College. “But she still hasn’t sealed the deal among some key demographic groups, including women and seniors.”

Other key takeaways from the poll includes:

 Interestingly, Clinton does 10 points better among men than women while Sanders support by gender is stable. Women are more undecided than men by a 2 to 1 margin.

 There is a clear difference by age with Sanders leading by nearly a 2 to 1 margin among voters under 34 and Clinton doing much better among voters over 34. She leads by a 3 to 1 margin among voters 55-64. She leads among voters 65+ but they represent the highest share of undecided voters by age (28%).

 Clinton leads in all regions of the state except the east central part, which includes the Quad Cities, where Sanders leads 43% to 40%. In the KBUR listening area in southeast Iowa, Clinton leads Sanders 51% to 27%. O’Malley does his best among all subgroups in the northwest part of the state, where he is tied with Sanders for second place at 16%.

 Like the previous KBUR/Monmouth College poll, this one also asked a pop culture question on which social media that respondents used most often. Facebook was far and away the most used social media (53%) and Clinton leads Sanders among these voters 47% to 35%. Among the 24% of likely Democratic caucus goers who do not use social media, Clinton leads Sanders 47% to 21%.

The survey was conducted October 29-31 by Douglas Fulmer & Associates and included 681 Democratic likely voters statewide. 579 interviews were completed by automated calls and another 102 by live calls to cell phones. The margin of error is +3.76.

The third and final KBUR/Monmouth College presidential poll in Iowa will be conducted in January prior to the February 1 caucuses.

You can check out the full breakdown of poll results by clicking here.