AP-GfK Poll: Party favors Hillary Clinton but Support for Bernie Sanders Increases

Hillary Clinton still has more support from the Democratic Party but Bernie Sanders is not far behind, a new Associated Press-GfK poll found.

Although democratic registered voters continue to believe that Clinton represents them the most in regards to her position on certain issues (73 percent vs. 63 percent), more of them are starting to view Sanders, the Vermont senator, as the more honest candidate. Sanders received 64 percent support on the honesty front whereas Clinton got 55 percent.

Overall, about 75 percent of the voters have a favorable view about Clinton, where as around 66 percent of them said the same thing about Sanders. The poll found that the gap between the two candidates, which has been narrowing, was mainly due to the fact that some voters believed that they did not know enough about Sanders to express support.

The poll findings for Sanders included:

-72 percent believes that he can win the general election.

-60 percent said he is somewhat decisive.

-64 percent said he is at least somewhat competent.

All three percentages represent increases from the percentages recorded in the December poll. However, these numbers are still lower than the numbers recorded for Clinton. In terms of winning the general election, Clinton received the support of nine out of 10 voters. She also had a 13-point lead in the decisive category and a 15-percent lead in competence over Sanders.

For information on the findings from the poll, click here. The AP-GfK poll reached 1,033 adults from Feb. 11-15.