Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) trails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton among Democrats nationwide by seven points, indicating a substantial boost in Sanders’ national support, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Monday.
The poll showed support for Clinton at 51 percent while Sanders stood at 44 percent. This indicates a substantially tighter race than the previous iteration of the same poll in late February, which showed Clinton leading Sanders 55 percent to 38 percent.
These results also are consistent with most national polls, which have shown Clinton leading by widely varying margins.
TPM’s PollTracker Average shows Clinton at 50.2 percent and Sanders at 42.4 percent in national surveys of Democrats.
The CNN/ORC poll was carried out Mar. 17-20 by telephone interview. Pollsters surveyed 478 people likely to vote in the Democratic primary, with a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.
And if there were a national primary, this might be the slightest bit relevant.
A single national poll shows that Clinton is still ahead of Sanders when just over half of the primaries are already over. That’s really good news for Bernie Sanders…NOT!
Maybe by June Sanders will have caught up to Clinton in the national polls. Then all of his supporters can request a repeat of all of the primary elections. I’m sure the DNC would be happy to comply.
In other worlds that don’t involve Hillary Clinton, such a result in a national primary would be styled a landslide.
Headline should read: Sanders continues to hold at 40-42 percent against Clinton in national poll OR Clinton continues to hold on to comfortable lead in Democratic race
Far too little, and way too late. Losing is losing.