The Monmouth University poll shows Clinton with 52 percent support from Democratic primary voters nationwide and Sanders with 37 percent.
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Hillary Clinton continues to lead Democratic presidential rival Sen.
Bernie Sanders is chipping away at Hillary Clinton’s national front-runner status by pulling even in early states. Sanders climbed 11 percentage points in the Monmouth poll, his highest support yet. “Now Bernie Sanders isn’t John Kerry in terms of the establishment but I would argue that lots can change if you see the first two states won by someone who is not the heavy front-runner”.
“(King) was counting on all of us to keep going after he was gone, to be a part of what President Obama calls the ‘Joshua Generation, ‘ carrying forward the holy work the heroes of the civil rights movement began”, Clinton said.
During its coverage of the debate, NBC flashed on its screen the results of a Seltzer & Co. poll of likely voters planning to attend Iowa’s Democratic caucuses on February 1.
Nielsen ratings data released by NBC show Sunday night’s Democratic presidential debate delivered 10.2 million viewers-the second-largest audience for Democratic debates this season, behind CNN’s debate in October, which had an audience of 15.3 million (CNN’s debate aired on a Tuesday night, compared to NBC’s holiday weekend timeslot).
She repeated that argument during a town hall meeting in Toledo, Iowa, Monday night, adding that her plans to improve health care access include requiring insurance companies to give members three free visits that would not count toward their annual deductible.
Clinton has also questioned the practicality of Sanders’ policy proposals. In fact, O’Malley beat Clinton in gaining more followers on Twitter during the Democratic debate.
Sanders’ support is bolstered by liberals, who he leads by 9 points and people under 50 years old, who he leads by 13 points.
“Will Hillary Clinton get the nomination?”
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.
Obama and most of his advisers long ago put aside the animosity of the 2008 primary, though they still marvel at Clinton’s occasional political tone deafness, including the email controversy that consumed her campaign last summer.
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