Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a decisive 22-point lead in the race for the Democratic primary, according to an ABC/Washington Post national poll released Wednesday.
The poll found support for Clinton at 57 percent, while her closest rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), lagged behind at 35 percent. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) came in at 3 percent.
Although the gap between Clinton and Sanders has narrowed since the same poll was conducted in December, when Clinton led by 59 percent to Sanders’ 27 percent, the poll indicates that Clinton nevertheless continues to hold a clear lead in the national race. Sanders seems to hold the advantage in the early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, though, according to most polling.
The ABC/Washington Post poll was conducted Jan. 21-24 and surveyed 481 likely Democratic voters by live phone interview. It had a margin of error of 5 percentage points.
For weeks we have heard the parade of horribles that will befall the Clinton campaign if she loses IA and NH. The flip side of that equation is that if she wins IA, even by one vote/delegate, the flood gates will open and Bernie had better get out of the way.
How many folks here trust or believe anything the GOP owned WaPo says / writes? 1 is too many.
OmAhHum: How many folks here trust or believe anything the GOP owned WaPo says / writes? 1 is too many.
i don’t have much respect for wapo opinionating. this was abc/wapo poll. 22% is not a made up figure. 5% margin of error. so your point is? even the staunchest of bernie supporters should realize that math matters, too. bernie is cool. hillary is real.