Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is gaining on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton among national voters, shrinking her lead to 15 points, according to a Monmouth poll released Tuesday.
The Monmouth poll showed that nationwide support for Sanders has surged to 37 percent, up from 26 percent in December. Support for Clinton, however, has declined to 52 percent from 59 percent in December. The tightening race corresponds with a fall in undecided respondents, from 8 percent in December to 4 percent in Tuesday’s poll.
The Monmouth poll was conducted by phone from Jan. 15-18 among 352 likely Democratic voters. It had a margin of error of 5.2 percentage points.
Sanders still has a long way to go, not that national polls mean too much at this stage. Best thing for Bernie is, he’s got Big Mo. For Hillary, it’s the knowledge that there aren’t a ton of undecided voters left, and those who are will be less likely to break as a bloc for Sanders. She’s trying to hold on here and stem the tide, and I do think she will. Nevertheless, this is the race that DWS tried to stop, and can only be a good thing for the party and the eventual ticket.
Try reporting on other polls that show Clinton ahead by a much bigger margin.
Latest polls show that people are already tired of polls!
Not too shabby… But still a long way to go before Bernie starts turning up on the winning side of some these national polls. And of course we don’t have a national primary we have state primaries (and caucuses).
Which brings me to this question: Is there some new law against polling in South Carolina and Nevada?