Hillary Clinton slides behind Bernie Sanders in national polls

Clinton and Sanders are vying for the Hispanic vote in Nevada on Saturday’s caucus, which in 2008 made up 15 percent of voters.

Hillary Clinton continues to lead nationally in the Democratic primary fight, but Bernie Sanders has narrowed the gap to 6 percentage points, according to a new CNN Poll of Polls.

“The amount of first-time and disenfranchised voters that will come out to support him will be far greater than the amount that Clinton can have come out for her”, he said. “That’s trying to win support from the African-American community where the President is enormously popular”, Sanders said.

The poll was conducted from February 14 to 16 and based on interviews of 500 likely Democratic primary voters in MI and has a margin of error of +/-4.4 percent.

The timing of Sanders’ surge doesn’t surprise Republican pollster Daron Shaw: “Historically, lesser-known candidates beating establishment candidates in early contests have seen the biggest boost in their national support”.

The victor of the Democratic primary will go to face the Republican nominee in the presidential election in November.

Bernie Sanders now tops Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination. “It’s going to be introduced, and then I’m going to work as hard as I can to make sure we get it moved through the congressional process”. Answering questions during a televised town hall meeting Thursday night in Las Vegas, Mr. Sanders said he won’t back away from his signature campaign issue – that Wall Street rigged the economy – and dismissed Ms. Clinton’s criticism that he’s a “one-issue candidate”.

Seven Days Reporter Terri Hallenbeck has covered the Clinton campaign’s pitch to Vermonters and she joined VPR to discuss the Clinton campaign’s approach. Clinton has racked up endorsements from 23 national unions and labor alliances, gaining their organizational clout and pull with members.

And last summer, Clinton had a lead of 46 points and that of 22 points as recently as two months ago. Both campaigns have invested heavily in caucus training geared toward Spanish speakers, including the Clinton campaign’s training dubbed “Caucus Conmigo”.

Hillary Clinton has almost double the voter support of Sen.

A spokesman says Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders doesn’t “believe that gender should be the reason we vote for or against anyone”.

He said that he considered Obama a friend, but it was natural for a sitting lawmaker to have differences with a president with whom he agreed on many other things.

The gathering, held at the Washington offices of the National Urban League, centered on how Mr. Sanders’ policies would address the racial components of economic injustices, overhaul the criminal justice system, protect voting rights and address institutional racism.

“At the moment we needed somebody to stand up, Sanders was playing for the wrong team”, Gutierrez said.