Poll: Clinton With Big Lead Over Sanders In Maryland; Senate Race Statistical Tie

Bernie Sanders gets 28-percent of support among likely Democratic Primary voters.

Hillary Clinton has a 30-point lead over Bernie Sanders in the Goucher Poll.

Nearly two months before Maryland's Primary Election, a new poll finds Hillary Clinton with a commanding lead in the Democratic presidential race, and the Democratic race for U.S. Senate, a statistical tie.

The Goucher College poll of 307 likely Democratic primary voters finds Clinton receiving 58 percent of the vote, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders receiving 28 percent, 12 percent are undecided, and 2 percent either pick other candidates or refused to answer pollster's questions.

Goucher Poll director Professor Mileah Kromer told WBAL that Clinton is the strongest in states with a racially diverse electorate, and the numbers in Maryland reflects the former secretary of state's strong support among African Americans.

Kromer says Sanders has not made inroads with minority voters, and she notes a Democrat cannot win states like South Carolina, Georgia and Maryland without their support. South Carolina's Democratic primary is this Saturday.

The margin of error in the poll is plus-or-minus 5.6 percent.

The Democratic race for U.S. Senate to fill the seat now held by Sen. Barbara Mikulski is much closer, with Prince George's County Rep. Donna Edwards receiving 39 percent of the vote, and Montgomery County Rep. Chris Van Hollen receiving 37 percent. Edwards' lead is well within the poll's margin of error.

Twenty-three percent of those polled were undecided, and 1 percent were undecided.

Both candidates are airing television commercials, though Edwards' ads come from a third-party group.

"Donna Edwards had done a very good job in keeping this race competitive, and even has a slight edge on Van Hollen, but the problem is that she does not have the war chest that he does," Kromer told WBAL NewsRadio 1090.

"It does tell me this is anybody's race."

A Van Hollen spokeswoman sent this email to WBAL NewsRadio 1090 reacting to the poll.

"We know that Chris has the overwhelming support of Maryland's community leaders and a grassroots army standing with him. Unlike his opponent, Chris's support comes from Marylanders and not an out-of-state Super PAC -- and we are confident that on election day, Marylanders will not allow the election to be hijacked by outside money and special interests," said Bridgett Frey, spokeswoman for the Van Hollen campaign.

Eight other Democrats are on the ballot.

Maryland's primary election is on April 26.