The candidates promised both more gun control and higher taxes, the opposite of what Republican candidates advocate. Clinton has a comfortable 64 percent to 24 percent lead with voters over 50, who compose the majority of the primary electorate. Sanders is polling at 36 percent while former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is flailing with an abysmal one percent of the party vote. The previous poll, taken in the wake of terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, found that one in four likely Democratic voters said that foreign policy and national security were their primary concern.
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Clinton made her pitch in Toledo, Iowa, imploring voters to pay careful attention to what is possible – and what is not – as they decide whether to support her or Sanders’ bid.
The Jan. 18 King Day rally at the State House was an important stop for the candidates, an opportunity to address a large, mostly black crowd that is likely interested in the political process.
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 sick visits that would not count toward their annual deductible.
SC is shaping up to be a proving ground for the quickly escalating showdown between Clinton and Sanders. She praised the way he “led us out of the Great Recession”.
While Clinton is also viewed positively, her numbers lag well behind Sanders’ ratings, with 65% saying they have a favorable impression of the former secretary of state.
Sanders would impose an estate tax on the wealthiest Americans and revise the federal tax code to make rates more progressive. “He even, in 2011, publicly sought someone to run in a primary against President Obama”. The results were reported before Sanders unveiled his full healthcare plan Sunday.
“I can’t think of anything to say negatively about Bernie Sanders but he surprised the hell out of me when he thought he could be president of the United States, and quite frankly he still surprises me, like nobody in politics ever has”, Rangel said. “What we need is a sensible, achievable agenda”. Voters that Hillary Clinton needs now and is going to go on needing if she becomes the candidate.
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Palin emerged as a leading voice of the Tea Party movement following the 2008 presidential election and was active during the 2010 midterm campaign, backing dozens of conservative Republican candidates across the country. Though she is not old enough to vote, she is enthused about Sanders’ support for free tuition at public colleges and universities.
