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Voters say that they trust Hillary Clinton on foreign policy issues more than Bernie Sanders. | Getty Poll: Clinton leads Sanders in Massachusetts

Hillary Clinton's primary prospects in New England are not nearly as bleak as her distant finish to Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire might suggest, if the latest WBUR poll from Massachusetts released Thursday is any indication.

The former secretary of state claimed 49 percent of support among voters likely to cast their ballots in the Democratic primary on Super Tuesday, while Sanders came in with 44 percent, still inside the poll's margin of error. Just 2 percent said they do not know whom they will support or refused to answer the question.

The gender gap that has been at play in other states continues in Massachusetts, with 56 percent to 35 percent of likely women voters backing Clinton and 55 percent to 40 percent of men supporting Sanders.

While voters said they trust Clinton more on issues related to foreign policy (70 percent to 22 percent), working with Congress to get things accomplished (54 percent to 33 percent) and "keeping America safe" (56 percent to 29 percent), they indicated that they trusted Sanders more on addressing income inequality (61 percent to 30 percent) and reforming the campaign finance system (56 percent to 25 percent).

Voters were evenly split on which candidate they trusted more to improve the economy and create jobs, with 43 percent for both Clinton and Sanders on that issue.

Sanders held a higher net favorability rating in the poll than Clinton, at +60 points (74 percent to 14 percent), while Clinton's net favorability stood at +45 points (67 percent to 22 percent).

On the Republican side of the race, Donald Trump romped with 40 percent. The next closest candidates, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, earned 19 percent each. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took 10 percent, with Ben Carson coming in last with 5 percent.

Kasich led the list of Republicans candidates in terms of overall favorability, at +30 points (48 percent to 18 percent), followed closely by Trump at +25 points (56 percent to 31 percent).

Cruz is deeply unpopular among likely Republican voters in the state, with just 29 percent having a favorable opinion of him and 51 percent unfavorable.

The MassINC Polling Group conducted the survey via landlines and cellphones from Feb. 21-23, surveying 418 likely Democratic primary voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points. For the 386 likely Republican voters surveyed, the margin of error is also plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.