Iowa Poll: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders virtually tied CBS News

The race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton is a virtual tie in Iowa, with Clinton leading by just two points. According to a new Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register poll released Thursday, Clinton has 42 percent of likely Democratic caucus goers, compared to 40 percent for Sanders.

Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed said the election is more about issues than it is about leadership. "Democrats are much more likely than Republicans to say this is an election about issues, rather than leadership. That really explains the division in the party," explained Selzer, according to Bloomberg Politics.

The top issues Democratic caucus-goers, according to the poll, are the economy, civil rights, the wealth gap and national security.

Clinton opens the spigots on Sanders Politico

Clinton played notoriously hard-to-get during the first phase of her campaign — so much so that it was considered breaking news when she agreed to a sit-down interview with CNN.

But over the past 10 days, she has appeared no fewer than nine times on five major networks — CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and MSNBC, including live three morning-show appearances Wednesday. The former secretary of state has averaged one interview a day since Friday, Jan. 8, when she called into MSNBC’s "Hardball." Three days earlier, she also appeared in an extensive sit-down interview with “Hardball” host Chris Matthews. And the appearances don’t seem to be slowing down: She’ll appear on NBC's “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" and sit down with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Thursday, all at the same time her campaign looks to get a boost amid sagging poll numbers.

Hillary Clinton's Lead Over Bernie Sanders Slipping In New Poll New York Times

A sharp generational divide emerges in the tightening race between Mrs. Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Democratic primary voters under 45 favori Mr. Sanders by a roughly 2-to-1 ratio in latest CBS/New York Times poll

"Yet more than 7 in 10 Democratic voters — including most supporters of Mr. Sanders — still believe Mrs. Clinton will ultimately win the party’s nomination. Voters expressed deeper confidence in her ability to be an effective commander in chief and more of her supporters say their minds are made up compared with Mr. Sanders’s backers."

Just a month ago, Clinton led Mr. Sanders by 20 percentage points nationally. Among Democratic primary voters across the country, 48 percent support Mrs. Clinton, while 41 percent back Mr. Sanders, the poll found.