Sanders’ Iowa supporters try to get new people out to caucus

The Democratic presidential candidate appeared on an episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Tuesday night and Fallon jumped right into the topic of the man once again dominating the headlines today: Donald Trump.

While campaigning in Iowa Saturday, the Vermont senator peppered jabs at Republican candidate Donald Trump throughout his speeches.

Sen. Bernie Sanders has made big gains in Iowa, leads most New Hampshire polls and fares better than Hillary Clinton in general election matchups against Donald Trump and other Republican White House hopefuls.

Approximately 55 percent, meanwhile, believe Clinton would make the best commander in chief, contrasted with 28 percent for Sanders.

The Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics poll says 48% of likely Democratic participants say Clinton is their first choice for president.

“If anybody could handle Mr. Trump one on one I think it could be her”, said Mike Dooley of Cedar Rapids, 68, a retired law enforcement official.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has just 4% support from likely Iowa caucusgoers. You know, we have a middle class that is disappearing. By % to 40%, Sanders leads Clinton among those who say they’ll be caucusing for the first time, and he takes % of liberals to Clinton’s 44%.

Sanders said the nation needs to have the same kind of concern for the underprivileged that is evidenced in churches.

“The problem is that a lot of these issue are more complicated than a six-second sound byte and a lot of the issues we choose to raise end up in conflict with corporate America and the corporate media”, Sanders said to applause.

“Bernie must receive the same level of coverage on the nightly news as other leading candidates”, Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager, said Friday.

His campaign, he said, is doing well with voters 45 years old and younger but not with older people.

“I do really like her work and what she’s done”, said Matthew Butler of Iowa City, 41, a university researcher and Clinton supporter, explaining why he might change his mind if Warren shared the ticket with Sanders. I would enjoy that race very, very much.

NBC’s “Nightly News” gave 2.9 minutes of coverage to Sanders in that time, and “CBS Evening News” provided 6.4.