Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has gotten more than a bit of news coverage for his relationship with Black Lives Matter activists. The former veep scored a mere 3.3 percent when Democrats were offered an alternative list of candidates last month and got less than 20 percent to Clinton’s 60 percent in a hypothetical head-to-head with her. Nor is Clinton seriously in danger of losing the primary, argues Nate Cohn in The Upshot.
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Many liken the Sanders surge to the early Howard Dean machine. Many are still split. Yes, the Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald survey has a margin of error of 4.7 percentage points, meaning it’s possible that Mrs. Clinton and Senator Sanders are actually tied. Bridget first came to Washington to be online editor at The Hill, where she wrote The World from The Hill column on foreign policy.
Sanders ignored the nay-sayers continuing to quietly building the grassroots in early primary states. My college-age daughter reports that on her social-media networks, there’s lots of excitement about Sanders and none about Hillary.
Such a statement is incomprehensible to those in the political class. They view Bush and Clinton as experienced hands who know how the game of politics and government is supposed to be played.
The self-described Democratic socialist has reached a new milestone, leading Clinton for the first time in a New Hampshire poll. A poll released after the debate shows that Trump is still on top. His son Beau Biden passed away in May after a lengthy battle with brain cancer.
Others believe that Bernie’s rise is something of a flash in the pan.
Clinton continues to be dominating in nationwide polls, in line with, which exhibits her averaging a 35.6 % benefit over the opposite Democrats.
While Clinton still comfortably leads Sanders nationally, many in the party are looking toward other potential candidates, such as Joe Biden, to take on Clinton in the primary.
“I work with him closely”, Ms. Gillibrand said in a NY1 interview, noting she will co-sponsor a bill with Mr. Sanders to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Even though new CNN/ORC numbers in Iowa today match her smallest lead there this cycle (50-31 percent), she still has strong majority support and leads by a broad 19 points.
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“I think it makes sense to have a candidate, and I think Hillary is one, I think Bernie is another who can really turn on the under-35 set, and I think that would be a problem for Joe“, he said.
