Sanders has a 60 percent to 33 percent lead over Clinton in the Granite State, according to a CNN/WMUR poll released late in the day Tuesday. On Thursday, a Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll found Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton leading him by 2 percentage points among likely Iowa caucusgoers, well within the poll’s margin of error in the state that holds the first nominating contest in the nation in less than two weeks. The latest poll was conducted largely before Sunday night’s Democratic presidential primary debate in Charleston, South Carolina – a debate wherein Clinton went after Sanders aggressively.
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On the various other issues that were posed to the New Hampshire Democratic primary voters during the poll, there emerged only one clear victor: Bernie Sanders.
It’s a heady time for the independent Vermont senator.
The poll also finds that New Hampshire Democrats are becoming tougher to convince to switch sides: 52% of those polled say that they have “definitely” decided who they will support in the state’s primary on 20 February, up from 36% in the prior poll. This gives Sanders an additional 10 percent since December 2015.
Only 13 percent of likely Democratic voters in the poll said that foreign policy and national security were atop their priorities, in terms of issues in the race. Twice as many people believe that creating jobs and the condition of American economy will be more pressing problems for the next president. “But it’s just a poll and we take nothing for granted”, Sanders’s campaign manager Jeff Weaver said in a statement.
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Jennifer Palmieri, the communications director for Clinton, said that there are those from the Republican National Committee that are helping Sanders because they see Clinton as a threat during the coming election. “The Sanders argument falls apart when the GOP spokesman is trying to help him and the Republicans run ads trying to stop Hillary Clinton in the primary”.
