Sanders has a five-point lead over Clinton, winning support from 49 percent of likely Iowa Democratic caucus participants, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.
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In an interview with CBS News’ Nancy Cordes, Sanders was asked whether he now considers himself the frontrunner after new polls show him ahead of Hillary Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Clinton has reiterated her support for the Buffett rule, named after billionaire investor and Clinton endorser Warren Buffett, which would institute a minimum tax rate of 30 per cent on those earning more than $1 million per year.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is surging in early-state polling as the Democratic presidential primary approaches its final stretch before Iowa and New Hampshire voters weigh in. With the Iowa caucuses less than three weeks away, Clinton has been attacking Sanders for votes he made that she says shield gun makers and sellers.
It surveyed 413 New Hampshire voters drawn from a list of registered Democrats and independents who voted in a primary in 2012 or 2014, or who voted in both general elections and said they meant to vote in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary. Clinton is polling at 44 percent support, a 7-point drop for her since the last Quinnipiac poll conducted a month ago.
Sanders said he was humbled by the progressive group’s endorsement. Results from the survey are subject to a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 percentage points. She’s about tied in Iowa, she’s losing New Hampshire and I think she’s got a race that’s a little but tougher – I think she’ll win – I guess.
Clinton blasted Sanders in Ames, Iowa, over the issue of guns and the legal immunity that Sanders voted in 2005 to give to gun makers.
Sanders has more resonance with voters on the issue at a time when the “basic bargain” with the middle class is “broken” as “productivity is up, wages are stagnant”, Biden said on CNN.
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Sanders said the attacks show that the Clinton campaign knows it’s in trouble. Fewer than one in 10 feel the same way about Sanders on his weaker attributes like being a strong leader and having the right experience. A majority of New Hampshire voters, 52 percent, said that they have finalized their decision, up from 35 percent in November, when Clinton had the lead.
