New Hampshire poll: Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton by 27 points

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has seen a rise in his Iowa and New Hampshire poll numbers – and with the Iowa caucuses less than two weeks away, his national support is growing, too. CNN reports: Those undeclared voters are critical to Sanders’ support: 70% in the new poll say they plan to vote for him, 25% Clinton.

Clinton trails by 45 points among undeclared voters, but just nine points among registered Democrats, though she led Sanders by 7 points in the latter category in December.

There hasn’t been much empirical evidence either way for the simple reason that very little polling has been done in the mostly southern and heavily African-American states that will begin weighing in once the cheering’s over in New Hampshire (there’s one state, Nevada, with significant Latino as well as African-American Democratic voters holding a caucus on February 20, a week before SC holds its primary). Some 44 percent of people polled think Clinton will have the best chance at beating Trump, whereas only 16 percent favor Sanders.

Mrs. Clinton did retain a sizable advantage among voters over the age of 50, leading Mr. Sanders by a 64 percent to 24 percent margin after leading by a 67 percent to 16 percent margin last month.

The original reference comes from 1992, when an Arkansas governor named Bill Clinton won second place in the state, giving him enough momentum to eventually win the Democratic nomination.

The letter pointed to Sanders’ call during Sunday’s Democratic debate to “move aggressively” to normalize relations with Iran following recent developments in the nuclear deal.

McCaskill said it would be “unfair” to compare Trump to Sanders, but said “they are both tapping in to anger, they are both tapping in to a huge number of people in this country that have lost faith that the constitutional government we were given, which requires compromise, is working”. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.8 percentage points.

Mrs. Clinton said she would “build on” Obamacare by “by putting a cap on prescription drug costs”.

The most important issue for Democrats remains “jobs/economy” as it has for the most of the race, this is has been the issue Sanders has been harping on and 57 percent think he is best equipped to handle the issue. The poll shows 5 percent of Florida Democrats back other candidates in the race while 2 percent remain undecided.

While Sanders may be striking a chord with voters seeking an outsider candidate, he’s also a practised politician.