Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersGore to campaign for Clinton: report Bill Clinton goes way off message on ­ObamaCare SNL premiere most-watched since 2008 MORE has closed to within single digits of rival Hillary Clinton Hillary Rodham ClintonTrump’s son: My father ‘absolutely’ paid federal income tax RNC: Kaine interrupted over 70 times Kaine defends break with Clinton on abortion funding issue MORE nationally, according to a new poll. 
 
 Sanders trails Clinton by 7 points, 46 percent to 39 percent, in the Morning Consult survey released Friday. 
 
 That follows a decisive 22-point victory for Sanders in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, which Sanders hopes will help him across the country. 
 
 Clinton led Sanders by 13 points in the last Morning Consult poll of the race before New Hampshire. She slid 4 points, and Sanders gained two points. 
 
 Eight percent of those polled want “someone else,” pollsters added, while 7 percent “don’t know” or had “no opinion.” 
 
 Morning Consult conducted its latest poll of 811 Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters Feb. 10–11. It has a 3.4 percentage point margin of error. 

 After winning New Hampshire’s presidential primaries by wide margins, New York real estate magnate Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders are soaring to new heights among their respective party’s voters, a new Morning Consult poll finds, signaling momentum as voters in new states prepare to weigh in. 
 
 Trump, who doubled his nearest rival in Tuesday’s vote, attracts 44 percent of the vote among self-identified Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, the highest level of support he has achieved in a Morning Consult survey. 
 
 See full toplines here, and full crosstabs here. 
 
 Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who won the Iowa caucuses and finished third in New Hampshire, clocks in second with 17 percent of the vote, followed by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, both at 10 percent. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush takes 8 percent, while Ohio Gov. John Kasich wins 4 percent. 
 
 February 10-11, 2016 February 3-7, 2016 February 2-3, 2016 Donald Trump 44% 38% 38% Ted Cruz 17% 17% 14% Ben Carson 10% 9% 9% Marco Rubio 10% 15% 12% Jeb Bush 8% 6% 5% John Kasich 4% 2% 2% Someone Else 1% 6% 12% Don't Know/No Opinion 6% 8% 8% 
 
 Trump’s support comes disproportionally from independent voters (47 percent), those who characterize themselves as something other than conservative (47 percent) and those without a college education (49 percent). Nearly half of voters who say their top priority is national security choose Trump as well. 
 
 Cruz draws most heavily from conservatives, and from evangelicals. Rubio does best among Republican voters who make more than $100,000 a year; 18 percent of those voters back the Florida Republican. 
 
 More than six in 10 Republicans have favorable views of Trump (67 percent), Rubio (62 percent) and Cruz (61 percent), the poll found. Trump’s favorable ratings are largely static, while Republican voters have registered increasingly optimistic impressions of both Rubio and Cruz in recent weeks. 
 
 On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wins 46 percent of the vote, just seven points higher than Sanders’s 39 percent — the largest percentage the Vermont independent has ever notched in a Morning Consult survey. 
 
 Sanders leads by a significant 55 percent to 36 percent margin among voters between 18 and 29 years old, while Clinton does best among those over 65 years old. Sanders leads among independents, while Clinton holds a 13-point lead among Democrats, results that closely mirror exit polls from Iowa and New Hampshire. 
 
 February 10-11, 2016 February 3-7, 2016 February 2-3, 2016 Hillary Clinton 46% 50% 51% Bernie Sanders 39% 37% 35% Someone Else 8% 5% 6% Don't Know/No Opinion 7% 8% 8% 
 
 Tellingly, Sanders has seen a boost in the number of voters who see him favorably, especially among Democrats. More Democrats now say they see Sanders favorably, 78 percent, than those who say the same of Clinton, 75 percent. Until now, Clinton has enjoyed an edge in favorable ratings among her party’s voters. 
 
 Sanders is the only candidate in the field, in either party, who is seen favorably by a majority of voters. 
 
 But Sanders must still make inroads among non-white voters, who play increasingly large roles in states next up on the nominating calendar such as South Carolina, where more than half the Democratic electorate will be African American, and Nevada, where Hispanics dominate. Clinton leads among black voters by a 63 percent to 26 percent margin, and among Hispanics by a 52 percent to 44 percent edge. 
 
 Both Sanders and Trump saw significant gains after their wins in New Hampshire. Trump’s support jumped six points, from 38 percent in a tracking poll conducted before New Hampshire voters went to the polls; Sanders edged up two points, while Clinton’s support fell four points, from 50 percent. 
 
 The Morning Consult survey polled 1,600 registered voters on Wednesday and Thursday, for a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. Subsamples of 811 Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents and 710 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents carry margins of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points and 3.7 percentage points, respectively. 

 Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are flying high after their New Hampshire primary victories, according to a new poll. 
 
 The Donald attracted 44 percent of the vote nationally among self-identified Republicans and GOP-leaning independents, the Morning Consult reported Friday. 
 
 Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who won the Iowa caucuses and finished third in New Hampshire, came in a distant second with 17 percent. 
 
 Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio were in third with 10 percent each. 
 
 Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush had 8 percent and Ohio Gov. John Kasich took 4 percent. 
 
 Trump’s support came from independent voters (47 percent), those who view themselves as other than conservative (47 percent) and those without a college degree (49 percent). 
 
 Almost half of voters who say their top priority is national security also choose Trump. 
 
 More than six in 10 Republicans have favorable views of Trump (67 percent), Rubio (62 percent) and Cruz (61 percent), the poll found. 
 
 Trump’s support has gone up six points since his New Hampshire victory. 
 
 On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton won 46 percent of the vote, just seven points higher than Sanders’ 39 percent. 
 
 Sanders led by a 55 percent-to-36 percent margin among voters between 18 and 29 years old, while Clinton did best among those older than 65. 
 
 But he must still do better among non-white voters, who play increasingly large roles in states next up on the nominating calendar — such as South Carolina, where more than half the Democratic electorate will be African-American. 
 
 Clinton led among black voters by a 63 percent-to-26 percent margin, and among Hispanics by a 52 percent-to-44 percent edge, the poll found. 
 
 The Morning Consult polled 1,600 registered voters on Wednesday and Thursday. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. 

 Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has cut former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's lead in the Democratic primary race to single digits in a new national poll in the wake of his big victory in New Hampshire Tuesday. 
 
 Sanders is within 7 points of Clinton, according to a new Morning Consult survey released Friday. Clinton registered 46 percent of the vote in the poll, while Sanders scored 39 percent. That is the highest percentage Sanders has recorded in that survey. Fifteen percent of polled voters said they either wanted "someone else" in the race or had still not decided between Sanders and Clinton. The survey polled 1,600 registered voters Wednesday and Thursday. The margin of error was plus or minus 2 percentage points. 
 
 Sanders continues to hold sway with young voters, winning by a 55 to 36 percent margin among voters 18 to 29. However, the senator is still struggling to make inroads with black and Hispanic voters. Clinton has the edge with black voters by a 63 to 26 percent margin, as well as with Hispanic voters by a 52 to 44 percent margin. 
 
 With the race continuing to tighten, the two candidates squared off in a highly contentious Democratic presidential debate televised on PBS Thursday night in Milwaukee. The pair traded blows, with Sanders criticizing Clinton for her ties to Wall Street and for seeking advice from former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Clinton responded, questioning to whom exactly Sanders listens regarding foreign policy and grilling the senator on his vocal criticism of President Barack Obama. 
 
 Did you miss tonight's Clinton-Sanders #DemDebate? Catch up with these video highlights https://t.co/h043yqFaXi pic.twitter.com/oyQeeJEZ7m — Intl. Business Times (@IBTimes) February 12, 2016 
 
 On campaign contributions, Clinton fiercely defended herself, invoking the president to make her case. "[Obama] was the recipient of the largest number of donations ever. When it mattered, he stood up and took on Wall Street," she said. "He pushed through, and he passed the Dodd-Frank regulation, the toughest regulations since the 1930s. So let’s not imply here that either President Obama or myself would not take on any vested interest … to stand up to do what's best for the American people." 
 
 The next primary for the Democrats is in Nevada Feb. 20. Sanders and Clinton are not currently scheduled to debate again before that contest.
– Following his decisive victory in the New Hampshire primary this week, Bernie Sanders narrowed the gap between himself and Hillary Clinton in a national poll released Friday, the Hill reports. According to the Morning Consult survey, Clinton has the support of 46% of likely Democratic voters versus Sanders' 39%. It's the best Sanders has done in the survey to this point, the International Business Times reports; he trailed Clinton by 13 points in the previous Morning Consult survey. But the new survey doesn't take into account what was widely seen as a strong Clinton victory in Thursday night's Democratic debate. Sanders has a 19-point lead over Clinton with voters between the ages of 18 and 29, but is getting crushed by 37 points with black voters. Over on the GOP side, New Hampshire winner Donald Trump increased his national lead by six points to 44%, the New York Post reports. It was a good news/bad news situation for Ted Cruz, who placed second but trails Trump by 27 points. Marco Rubio and Ben Carson tied for third with 10% each, and Jeb Bush received 8%. John Kasich's strong showing in New Hampshire didn't help him much nationally, as he got support from only 4% of respondents to the Morning Consult survey.