Sanders narrows gap on Clinton in new nationwide poll

The Vermont senator has called for a universal health care system to be administered by states, one that Clinton called risky.

“Hillary’s focus has been other things up to now, and that’s been Bernie’s – no one questions Bernie’s authenticity on those issues”, Biden said. Sanders leads Clinton by 14 percentage points among voters in the state, according to a Monmouth University poll unveiled Tuesday.

A Quinnipiac poll shows Sanders is leading Secretary Clinton by five points in Iowa, a month ago Clinton enjoyed an 11 point lead.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush fared worse than Trump, pulling in just 3 percent of support from Republicans with 26 percent saying they definitely wouldn’t back him.

Sanders has also extended his lead over Clinton in New Hampshire, the second state to vote in the primary.

The new assault marks an effort by Clinton to undermine the Sanders campaign’s central argument that the he is a political outsider who will push for radical liberal changes.

Previous contests have seen candidates rise and fall in the weeks before the first votes are cast, and national polls at this stage of the race are not necessarily predictive of the final outcome of the months long nominating battle.

The Clinton campaign has said that Chelsea Clinton will continue stumping for her mother on the campaign trail. “We have built a tremendous grassroots organization in Iowa fueled by enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton and her record, that is set to compete and win”.

“I wish that we could elect a Democrat who could wave a magic wand and say, ‘We shall do this and we shall do that.’ That ain’t the real world we’re living in!” Clinton was favored among those who have attended in the past, 52 percent to 41 percent. On the same day, Clinton ramped up her policy attacks on Sanders.

“I stand with the President on gun issues”, Sanders said when shown the advertisement.

The Monmouth University Poll was conducted by telephone from January 7 to 10 with 413 New Hampshire residents who said that they are likely to vote in the Democratic presidential primary.

And on the evening of the State of the Union address, those polled by CBS News/New York Times are evenly split on President Barack Obama: 46 percent say they approve of him, and 47 percent say they disapprove.

At a women’s event in Portsmouth, Clinton said that another important difference are plans to deal with educational debt.