All Eyes on Iowa and New Hampshire

But among Republicans and Republican leaners, these figures are nearly exactly reversed: 65% say she is not religious, while just 28% say she is at least somewhat religious, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. It was well received, particularly when she blasted companies like Johnson Controls, an auto supply company based in Wisconsin, for planning to relocate overseas for tax purposes. “I was really excited about (the Obama) campaign … but I’ve seen much more passion and enthusiasm about what Bernie stands for”, she said in an interview before leaving town.

Republican polls show that Donald Trump holds a steady lead over Ted Cruz in Iowa and a more commanding lead in New Hampshire, the second state to vote.

Clinton was at Grand View University in Des Moines and Sanders was at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant. He has generated lots of enthusiasm.

If Republicans nominate Trump and Democrats nominate Sanders, about 37 percent of voters would support Sanders compared with 30 percent for Trump and 8 percent for Bloomberg. But Brown said she’s “not sure” she’ll attend a caucus to cast a vote on Monday night.

He also said he and President Obama had “a good discussion, as friends do” when they met at the White House on Wednesday. As they previously did with Facebook “mentions”, the efforts to incorporate “search words” and videos into the debate – including one YouTube question from a Bernie Sanders supporter (seriously!) – was ridiculous and little more than cross-platform advertising.

“If Clinton carries Iowa, she can absorb a defeat to Sanders who has a home field advantage in New Hampshire and then move on to SC”, he added. A 55 percent majority feel comfortable with him becoming president, and an even larger 65 percent of Republicans say they would accept him as the party’s nominee.

There were exceptions, Tim Snyder, a retired John Deere employee from Dallas Center, said he’s “an enthusiastic Hillary person”. Sixty-one percent do not want him to run again, while 36 percent said they do.

Clinton argues that her financial regulation proposals would do more to crack down on industry abuses and rein in risky behavior within the shadow banking sector.

While campaigning, Clinton has defended her husband’s support of the Defense of Marriage Act while he was president, saying it was a “defensive action”. However, since Sanders tends to focus on economic issues, particularly Wall Street and income inequality, Obama believes that he doesn’t “have the luxury of just focusing on one thing”.

She drew contrasts between herself and Sanders, pointing out the Vermont senator wants universal health care, whereas she wants to improve Obamacare.

Sarandon has been stumping for Sanders in Iowa as the February 1 caucus approaches, documenting her experience on Twitter as she travels from city to city with the Democratic socialist. But if she loses the first two contests, it would virtually assure a longer, costlier and conceivably more acrimonious battle.

“What the president has tried to do, what Vice President Biden has tried to do, is to be as evenhanded as they can be”, Sanders said.