“There are those who are waiting because they don’t want to be caught backing the wrong horse”, said John White, the Democratic Party chairman for Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Results are weighted to a target population of likely voters, but the firm’s surveys have struggled with accuracy and missed the mark in recent elections. Is there some impetus to prove that the “scandal” regarding emails is as serious as the media and the Republicans are trying to make it?
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Sanders didn’t mention Biden but he did name rival Hillary Clinton, saying: “This campaign is not about Bernie Sanders“.
— “Which candidate best understands the problems facing people like you?” “She enjoys a net favorable score of +60%, which is essentially where she stood in July”.
It’s the latest bad news for Clinton, whose unfavorability reached 53 percent in a CNN-ORC poll last week, and it’s not just coming from Republicans either. Bernie Sanders will flout the Democratic National Committee’s strict rules that threaten punishment for any candidate who attend more than the six official debates. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts at 23 percent, Mr. Sanders at 12 percent, and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.at 7 percent.
Overall, it’s a huge shift from April, when Clinton led the Democratic field with 45% of the vote. Sen. [New Hampshire’s primary is scheduled for February 9.]. In mid-June and then again in early August, Sanders saw two significant jumps that have now put him one point ahead of Clinton: 40.3 percent to 39.3.
The survey of 500 likely Democratic caucus-goers in the Hawkeye State, taken Thursday through Monday, underscores the strength of Clinton’s support and the challenge Biden would face in the nation’s opening presidential contest.
Biden as an alternative to Clinton?
All this can change, of course; polls are snapshots of a moving picture. Jim Webb of Virginia, while Vice President Joe Biden is also reportedly mulling a run.
Of those who didn’t support Clinton, 18.2 percent said they simply preferred another candidate. Moderate Democrats favor Clinton 51% to 22%. “I am pleased to announce I wholeheartedly support Secretary Clinton’s candidacy for the Presidency”. An overwhelming three of four say they don’t think she broke the law; just 9% say she did. The country’s in crisis, this is no time for partisanship! The 34-point margin is greater than what pollsters have found in other states.
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Any opponent of Hillary Clinton, current or future, must understand the power of this historic opportunity, given Clinton’s high qualifications for the office of president. He is a friend and supporter of Secretary Clinton.
