Poll shows Sanders leading Clinton in New Hampshire

The Clinton campaign may be smiling about Trump and his dominance over the GOP campaign, but they aren’t laughing about Bernie Sanders, who is drawing considerable attention in the Democratic race.

The Boston Herald-Franklin Pierce College survey of 442 likely voters in February’s Democratic primary showed Sanders garnering 44 percent of the vote to 37 percent for Clinton.

The favorability of other candidates or potential runners, according to their rank in this latest poll: Joe Biden with 9%, and Martin O’Malley, Lincoln Chafee, and Jim Webb at 1% or lower.

“The ballot grabbed the eye of many political analysts as a recent signal of Clinton’s potential weaknesses as a candidate”, Enterprise Insider stories. Fifty-one percent said that while they may decide to support her, they aren’t too excited about her candidacy. Bernie Sanders overtaking Hillary Clinton in the all-important state of New Hampshire for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.

In March, Sanders trailed Clinton 44-Eight in the identical ballot.

The live interview phone poll was conducted between Aug. 7 and Aug 10 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percentage points, the report said.

Earlier this year, Clinton was leading the Democrat field in New Hampshire by as much as 56 points. If you adjust the favourability for each candidate based on how well known they are, Sanders is viewed favourably by 70 per cent of black Americans who know about him.

When Sanders was asked about the Democratic debate schedule, which was announced this week, he said he’s “not really” satisfied with the way they are arranged.

Bernie Sanders’ days as a socialist sideshow to the Clinton coronation are over. Clinton’s largest crowd so far was estimated at 5,500 supporters, suggesting Sanders’ “populist, anti-Wall Street message is resonating”.

She also noted that Mr. Sanders “adds more to the primaries and people like primaries”.

Mr. Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, is mounting a fierce challenge to Ms. Clinton in the Democratic primary.