Advertisement WMUR poll: Four days to go, NH still ‘Feeling the Bern’ Sanders leads Clinton 61 percent to 31 percent Share Shares Copy Link Copy

With the Iowa caucus in the rear view mirror, New Hampshire Democratic voters appear ready to give U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont a landslide victory in next Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary.That, at least, is the strong indication contained in the latest WMUR-CNN New Hampshire Primary poll of 312 likely Democratic voters.The poll, conducted Feb. 2-4, shows Sanders leading former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 61 percent to 31 percent, with 8 percent undecided. The margin of error for the poll is 5.5 percentage points.A WMUR-CNN poll released on Thursday had Sanders ahead, 61 percent to 32 percent.View the full poll results here.Democratic voters now overwhelmingly believe Sanders will win the New Hampshire primary. The margin is 62 percent to 24 percent who named Clinton.Democrats appear to be closing in on making their final decisions in the primary, with 64 percent saying they have definitely decided who they will support on primary day, 20 percent leaning toward a candidate and 16 percent still trying to arrive at a final decision.Poll director Andrew Smith said that in the so-called “horse race” question, likely voters are asked who they would support if the election were today. The percentages for the candidates include those who are leaning toward supporting each candidate, even though they may not have made a final, definite decision on who they will vote for on Tuesday, Feb. 9.As a result, 16 percent of Democratic primary voters have not made a final decision about who they will support on primary day, while 8 percent of Democratic voters could not say who they would vote for if the election were held today.The poll also showed that independent voters are split on which ballot they will take on primary day, with 46 percent saying they will vote Democratic and 46 percent saying they will vote Republican.Democratic voters are mostly happy with both candidates. Asked who they would not vote for under any circumstances, 18 percent named Clinton, 7 percent named Sanders and 55 percent said both are acceptable, while 8 percent named someone else and 11 percent were unsure.Sanders leads in all categories of voters. Registered Democrats favor him, 52 percent to 37 percent, while undeclared voters favor him, 69 percent to 26 percent.Self-described liberals favor Sanders 68 percent to 28 percent, while self-described moderate-conservative voters favor him 50 percent to 39 percent.And among those who said they are voting for the first time in the 2016 primary, Sanders leads, 81 percent to 13 percent.Sanders leads in all age groups, with the strongest showing, 87 percent to 7 percent, among those 18 to 34 years old. Clinton comes the closest to Sanders among those 65 and older, trailing 49 percent to 45 percent.Sanders also leads in all geographical areas of the state, from 55 percent to 39 percent in the Connecticut River valley, to 69 percent to 22 percent in the Manchester area.