Another poll of Democratic voters in New Hampshire (this one by WBUR in Boston released Wednesday morning) showed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ahead of rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
Clinton polled at 38 percent while Sanders fell 1 point to 34 percent.
However, Clinton’s 7-point jump still kept her support within the margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 points.
Other declared Democratic presidential candidates were unable to overtake Vice President Joe Biden for third place. Biden, who has yet to announce he’s running, polled at 9 percent support — though the survey noted that was a 5-point drop for the veep.
Steve Koczela, president of The MassINC Polling Group, told WBUR that support isn’t necessarily leaving Sanders, but rather Clinton is pulling support from Biden.
“People seeing Clinton in the debate and thinking, ‘OK, we don’t really need Joe Biden now. She really is electable. She seems to be the person that we remember and we remember why we like her now,’ so, ‘thanks but no thanks’ to Joe Biden,” Koczela said.
The poll was conducted among 401 likely Democratic primary voters via cell phone and landline from Oct. 15 through 18 with a margin of error of 4.9 points.
That’s two polls giving Hillary a slight edge in New Hampshire.
The Berniementum seems to have gotten sluggish.