Clinton and Sanders in Close Race: Vote Analysis

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were in a close race in the Iowa caucuses based on vote analysis.

Women, moderates, mainline Democrats and fans of President Obama’s policies are boosting Clinton in the Iowa caucuses. Clinton does best with early deciders, and there appear to be more of them than usual.

Sanders counters with very liberal caucus-goers, independents, young people and first-time participants, according to preliminary exit poll results measuring initial preferences.

There are reports of long lines at liberal and college town caucus sites.

Those on line when caucuses began at 8 p.m. ET were permitted to participate.

In the final poll ahead of the caucuses, released over the weekend, Clinton and Sanders were in a dead heat. The Des Moines Register-Bloomberg News poll showed Clinton at 45 percent compared to 42 percent for Sanders.

Sanders narrowed the former secretary of state’s national lead less than two weeks before the caucuses.

After Monday night, the next test will be in New Hampshire, the nation’s second nominating contest. There, Sanders leads Clinton by a wide margin, 57 to 34 percent in a CNN-WMUR poll released on Sunday.

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