Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) could give Hillary Clinton a run for her money in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, according to a new Morning Consult poll released on Sunday.
Among voters who plan on voting in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, 44 percent said they preferred Clinton while 32 percent said they favored Sanders.
However in Iowa, 54 percent of Democratic primary voters favored Clinton while just 12 percent favored Sanders. And in South Carolina, 56 percent said they favored Clinton while 10 percent said they preferred Sanders.
Morning Consult surveyed 279 Democratic voters in New Hampshire, 313 Democratic voters in Iowa, and 309 Democratic voters in South Carolina online and by phone. For all three polls, the margin of error among Democratic voters was plus or minus 6 percent.
I think most of the folks don’t “lean” Clinton or Sanders. They lean “win”. Sanders would make a great President but he’s never going to be one. If his candidacy is about forcing issues to the front good for him. But he aint going to win.
2016 is no shoo in for either party. Right now the Democrat’s best choice ( by far ) is Clinton.
The larger point is that Sanders’s presence in the primary is good for Clinton (and us) because it both provides cover for, and forces, her move to the left. She would not be talking about income equality, marriage equality, etc with nearly the same fervor if Bernie weren’t there. He can hold her feet to the fire on these issues, and do it more effectively precisely if it’s a “real” campaign and he posts real numbers.
Think I’m imagining this? It’s precisely why the DNC–which is firmly in HRC’s camp–has been forwarding-with-approval Bernie’s statements. They want him in the race, because it’s good strategy, for her and for an eventual leftward-leaning campaign in the general.
New Hampshire: Population: 1.3 Million (1.2 Million White)
Congressmen: 2
Senators: 2
Electoral College Votes: 4
Yeah, that will put him over the top.
Pounding the socialist liberal issues and forcing them into the bright light, that is Bernie Sanders mission. I’m sure that he would love to be President, being the wonderful job that it is and all, but doing real work on equality and accomplishing real goals is the goal. Exposing the agenda of the wealthiest that always just want more and proving how they can give back to benefit everyone and especially the nation yet still afford multiple yachts, houses and off shore bank accounts, this is the awesomeness of the Sanders campaign and what it will do to the eventual winner and for us.
He is already a winner.
I’d vote for Bernie in a heart beat. I don’t agree with his support of Israel but I support everything else he believes in.