Polls: Bernie Sanders holds steady

Bernie Sanders surged in February polls, the same month 12 years ago that Vermonter Howard Dean dropped out the race for the Democratic nomination .

Until Sanders kicked off his campaign, Dean, a former Vermont governor, was the state's most recent politician to make a serious bid for the U.S. presidency.

Though Sanders launched his campaign a month earlier in the primary season than Dean's kickoff 12 years ago, support for the independent Vermont senator rose earlier than it did for Dean.

After a weak showing Jan. 19, 2004, at the Iowa Caucus, Dean floundered in subsequent primaries and eventually lost the nomination to Secretary of State John Kerry.

Iowa voters granted Hillary Clinton a razor's edge win (0.2 percent) over Sanders at the Feb. 1 caucuses, and New Hampshire voters gave Sanders a resounding victory on Feb. 9. Since then, Clinton has won 12 state contests and Sanders has won nine.

Hover your cursor over the dots (each representing the candidates' percentages of support) to see the details.

The graphic will be updated as polls are released.

This information was gathered and designed for the Burlington Free Press.

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