Donovan Slack

USA TODAY

Even though Hillary Clinton lives in New York and Bernie Sanders has not lived there for decades, Democrats in the state rate him almost as much a New Yorker as she is.

A new Monmouth University poll finds that among likely Democratic primary voters, 58% say they consider Sanders either somewhat or definitely a New Yorker. Some 61% say that about Clinton, who represented the state in the Senate for eight years.

“I’m sure the Clinton camp was hoping for a much bigger lead in her adopted home state, but any such advantage appears to be limited against Sanders,” said Patrick Murray, Monmouth Poll director.

Sanders, 74, was born and raised in Brooklyn but he has lived in Vermont since in the 1960s. The self-described democratic socialist has represented Vermont in the Senate since 1991. Clinton moved to New York after her husband left the White House in 2000. She was the junior senator from New York from 2001 until 2009, when she became secretary of State.

Overall, Clinton is leading Sanders 51%-39% in New York, the poll found, but a good chuck of likely primary voters — 9% — are still undecided with just a week to go before the New York primary.

The Monmouth poll surveyed 302 likely Democratic primary voters over the weekend. The margin of error is 5.6%.

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