Bernie Sanders Overtakes Clinton in Iowa Poll

U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to grab all the media attention, and Hillary Clinton remains a Wall Street favorite-so why is underdog Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders suddenly surging again in the polls?

“One says it’s okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do”, the Vermont senator contended in an apparent shot at Clinton.

Clinton may hold a more commanding lead in New Hampshire, but her numbers are slipping as support surges for Sanders.

“Whatever I say about Hillary’s plan, you are entitled to give it the love discount if you want”, said the former president.

Clinton leads Sanders by only 2 percentage points in the new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll, down from 9 percentage points last month.

The two leading Democrats and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who is running in a distant third place in polls ahead of the primaries, are set to appear for their final debate before the February 1 Iowa contest on Sunday night in Charleston, South Carolina.

The ad will air in Iowa and New Hampshire, where the two Democrats are in constant competition.

What jumpstarted this donation flood, was – as the Sanders campaign put it – “vicious and coordinated attacks” from Clinton and her allies.

However, the magazine’s editors noted that Sanders faces an uphill battle in the race against Hillary Clinton, pointing to his lack of deep support among minority voters. “There’s no way that can be paid for without raising taxes on the middle class the arithmetic just doesn’t add up”, said Clinton.

Asked when he would release details of how his plan would be paid for, Sanders first said, “the truth is we already have a plan”, referencing his 2013 proposal for expanding Medicare, but later said, “certainly before Iowa”.

Cash is coming in four times faster each day than it was at the end of 2015, Sanders’ campaign is reporting, according to the Washington Post.

The tone of the campaign was made more stark on Tuesday when Bill and Hillary Clinton’s daughter, Chelsea Clinton, hit the campaign trail and knocked Sanders’ position on health care.

That ad similarly featured the candidate narrating the spot, in which Clinton said she stood with US President Barack Obama on holding firearms manufacturers accountable for gun violence.