Polls from key early primary states released Monday found Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) leading former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — by double digits.
When CBS News/YouGov asked Democratic caucus voters in Iowa who they were most likely to vote for, Sanders earned 43 percent while Clinton polled at 33 percent. The margin of error in this state’s poll was 4.4 points.
Last week, a Quinnipiac poll of Iowa voters found Sanders leading the Democratic caucus but within the margin of error.
His lead in the CBS poll was much larger in New Hampshire. The survey of the likely Democratic primary voters there found Sanders led Clinton by 22 points — 52 percent to 30 percent. The margin of error in New Hampshire was 5.1 points. Other recent polls have also shown Sanders leading Clinton in New Hampshire.
In South Carolina, Clinton led Sanders by 23 points, according to the CBS poll, which had a margin of error of 3.9 points.
The polls were conducted online and through phone calls from Sept. 3 to Sept. 10. The Iowa poll was taken among 646 likely Democratic caucus voters while the New Hampshire poll included 548 likely Democratic primary voters. The poll of South Carolina primary voters included 528 likely Democratic primary voters.
Bernie Corbyn = Jeremy Sanders
I’m waiting for the HRC supporters to remind us, again, that the email catastrophe is just a molehill, and no one cares about email, anyway.
I am no Hillary supporter, but the poll did ask the question about Hillary’s email server (page 4):
So the “scandal” hasn’t even convinced the 30% hard-core that Republicans can always count on. If Republicans weren’t even worse offenders using RNC mail servers throughout the Bush years, maybe they could make a case, but as it is the stink of hypocrisy just won’t go away.
Edit: Never mind, I missed that little “Asked of Democratic voters”. Losing 22% of Democrats is a reason to worry.
OK, I’ll play. Why is she dropping, then?
How dare you release poll numbers with Clinton leading from behind! Why do you want to hurt her? I bet this Caitlin Cruz is a Republican plant.
In all seriousness, at what point does Hillary Clinton’s poll collapse become an issue. Originally I heard, “Well of course she’s going to have problems in New Hampshire. It’s really white and right next door to Vermont, but Sanders is never going to get traction in conservative Iowa.” Now he’s up double digit there too. Clinton was previously up in South Carolina by poll margins that would make North Korea blush and is down to 23% there. If Sanders overtakes her in South Carolina, is it an appropriate time for Hillary Clinton backers to panic?