Hillary barely leads Sanders 49% to 47% in California: Polls

Washington, June 2: Democrat front-runner Hillary Clinton is clinging to a rrow two-point lead over rival Bernie Sanders in California ahead of the state’s June 7 primary, a new poll showed. According to results from the new NBC News/Wall Street Jourl/Marist poll, Clinton gets support from 49 per cent of likely Democratic primary voters in the state, while Sanders gets 47 per cent. However, among a wider electorate of all potential Democratic voters in California, Sanders is actually ahead by one point, 48 per cent to 47 per cent, NBC News reported. Clinton leads Sanders among likely voters ages 45 and older (63 per cent to 33 per cent), self-identified Democrats (57 per cent to 40 per cent), women (54 per cent to 41 per cent), past Democratic primary voters (53 per cent to 42 per cent) and ‘whites’ (51 per cent to 46 per cent), the poll showed. Clinton also is ahead among those who have already voted, 58 per cent to 41 per cent. (ians)