Poll: Neck-And-Neck 2016 Races in Iowa, New Hampshire

Three weeks until the first presidential nominating contest is held in Iowa, and Ted Cruz is leading Donald Trump 28 percent to 24 percent among likely caucus-goers, while Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are locked in a tight race in the Hawkeye State, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll.

Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton holds just a three-point lead among likely voters over Bernie Sanders, 48 percent to 45 percent, while Martin O'Malley gets 5 percent. In a party contest, Clinton leads Trump by eight points, while Cruz tops the former secretary of state by four points but loses to Sanders by five.

In New Hampshire, which holds its presidential primaries on Feb. 9, Trump gets support from 30 percent of likely Republican primary voters, followed by Rubio at 14, Chris Christie at 12 percent, and Cruz at 10 percent.

As for the Democratic race, Sanders leads with 50 percent support to Clinton's 46 percent. O'Malley is at 1 percent. Clinton is ahead of Trump in New Hampshire by just one point and behind Cruz by four points. But Sanders leads both GOP candidates by 19 points.

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