Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) lags behind former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by just two points, nearly wiping out Clinton’s previous 31-point lead, according to a nationwide Quinnipiac poll released Friday.
The poll showed support for Clinton at 44 percent, with Sanders close behind at 42 percent. This represents an enormous change since the previous national Quinnipiac poll in December, which showed Clinton beating Sanders 61 percent to 30 percent.
It also represents a significant departure from most recent national polling, which has suggested Clinton holds a comfortable lead among Democratic voters even though Sanders came within a percentage point of victory in the Iowa caucuses and is a clear favorite in New Hampshire polls. TPM’s PollTracker average shows Clinton leading Sanders nationally by 50.3 percent to 37.6 percent.
The Quinnipiac poll was carried out from Feb. 2-4 by live telephone interview. Pollsters surveyed 484 likely Democratic voters with a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.
I am starting to sense the smell of napalm in the morning. The GOP senses victory in November for the first time in 12 years.
I think we all get it. Sanders is going to probably, most likely, unequivocally going to win the NH primary. In the meantime, all we’re seeing now is how much the media can use the polls to pound salt into the wound, so presumably Hillary will be hurt more than was already baked into that pie. Yawn.
This statement seemed to stick out for me.
There’s been a real uptick i9n Bernie support.
The conflagration is growing.
1972 all over again. Question for Dems: are we capable of nominating someone who can be elected, or are we consigned to nominating someone who makes us feel good and who will be swamped in November?