Bernie Sanders pulls ahead of Hillary Clinton in Iowa, new poll shows

Manhattanite Trump led Texan Cruz 37% to 26% among likely GOP caucusgoers in Thursday’s CNN/ORC poll, with Sen. Cruz is in second with 26 percent, while Marco Rubio is in the third with 14 percent.

Brock, a long-time Clinton supporter who runs several progressive groups aiding her candidacy said Thursday that a new Sanders ad was a, “significant slight to the Democratic base”.

Brian’s in New Hampshire with Bernie Sanders, and Tam is in Iowa, following Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Against Ted Cruz, Sanders leads 56 percent to 33 percent.

Olivia Miller, a 20-year-old sophomore from Kansas City, Missouri, said she’s leaning toward supporting Clinton and called Sanders “overhyped a little bit because I think that some of the issues he has been talking about are too socialist”.

She had a commanding lead over her nearest Democratic rival Sanders in Iowa until December.

Meanwhile, Trump ripped Cruz as a strident and unlikeable figure lacking the skills to negotiate and lead on behalf of the US.

“On the question of which candidate better represents Republican values, 29% choose Cruz, 28% side with Trump and 15% favor Rubio”, CNN said.

Trump’s popularity in Iowa has grown 15 percent since a similar poll in August 2015. Clinton scored 65 percent as the best to handle foreign policy if she was elected president, while Sanders scored 25 percent.

Facing a tight race in Iowa and trailing in New Hampshire, Clinton’s campaign sees her support among minority voters as a major advantage.

This far out from November, the reliability of general election polls are questionable, to say the least.

Many of those in attendance tonight said they were still undecided about who they would caucus for in 11 days, but that Lovato’s endorsement of Clinton wouldn’t sway them either way. These voters remember his donations to Democratic candidates (which he has since disavowed as a business necessity) and support for abortion rights (which he has rationalized as trying to fit in with left-leaning New Yorkers).

The former first lady contrasted herself against Sanders with her desire to build on what President Barack Obama has done, especially on health care and regulating Wall Street.