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 Clinton, former secretary of state and first lady, remained the
top choice for 37 percent of likely Democratic voters in the party's
nomination contest, down from 50 percent in June, according to the
Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll released late on
Saturday.
But Sanders, a longtime independent lawmaker from Vermont, was
favored by 30 percent of respondents, skyrocketing from single-digit
support early this year in the race to become the Democratic Party
nominee for the November 2016 presidential election.
On Sunday's talk shows, Sanders attributed his gains to his own
growing popularity and not Clinton's losses. But Clinton has faced
eroding support in several opinion polls as she struggles with an
image of perceived dishonesty amid a controversy over her use of a
private email account when she served as America's top diplomat.
 The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll on Friday found support for Clinton
among Democrats dropping to its lowest point since 2012 after
earlier polling had found a decline in Clinton's perceived
trustworthiness.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into the security of
the private server and whether any classified information was on it,
and Republican presidential candidates have seized on the scandal.
"No one is above the law... She believes certain laws only apply to
her," one of the candidates, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie,
said on "Fox News Sunday," also suggesting that Clinton should face
prosecution if investigators find mishandling of diplomatic emails.
Clinton says she did nothing wrong and only used the private account
because of convenience.
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Sanders has staked out a liberal platform in his campaign, touching
topics that include minimum wages, economic inequality, campaign
finance reform and climate change.
His campaign website, however, omits the issues of national security
and foreign policy. On Sunday, he faced questions about his votes
against U.S. use of military force in Iraq and in Syria, as well as
the first Gulf War, but in support of the initial invasion into
Afghanistan.
"There are times when you have to use military force, no question
about it. I am prepared to do it, but that is the last resort, not
the first," he said on ABC's "This Week."
"I think historically, in too many instances, the United States has
gone to war often unilaterally when we should not have."
(Reporting by Alina Selyukh; Additional reporting by David Morgan;
Editing by Eric Walsh and Lisa Shumaker)
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