While the campaign conceded that front-runner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton now has an advantage over the independent Vermont senator with black voters and established elected officials in Alabama, they were confident the tide will change as more voters become aware of Sanders.
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Sanders met with clergy and community leaders in Baltimore on Tuesday after walking through the neighborhood where Freddie Gray was arrested last April before he died in police custody.
What’s more, likely primary voters, by a 70% to %, say margin they regard Clinton as the most viable general election candidate.
Hillary Clinton took 11.5 percent, and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley raked in 1.1 percent.
Of course, all of that is rendered more or less moot by Iowa, where Clinton still has a big, big lead. 55% back Sanders, while 37% see Clinton as a future brilliant President. His backing has risen from 35 percent in June and 46 percent in September. “Bernie Sanders is going to be a great option for so many Alabamians”, said Kelvin Datcher, the campaign’s Alabama state director.
Sanders had led in almost every New Hampshire poll from the beginning August until the first Democratic debate in October. Even on guns – an area where Sanders has faced heat for opposing past gun control policies – voters say by % to 34% that they view Sanders as the strongest candidate.
If New Hampshire voters are fed up with the political corruption in Washington, and the domination of Super-PACs and insider lobbyists, the best way for them to express this-by far-is to vote for Mr. Sanders on primary day.
A CNN/WMUR poll released Wednesday found that Sen. If everyone who likes him (and this is the majority) does vote for him, he will win. Fifty- percent picked Clinton as the most likely victor, compared to just 28% for Sanders. Since then, polling has shown a tight battle between the two leading Democratic candidates in the only early voting state where Clinton does not hold a significant lead. In September, voters split on the question, with 42% picking Clinton and Sanders each.
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While Clinton’s image as an LGBT supporter is somewhat shaky – she was reportedly “furious” over pro-LGBT changes made to U.S. Passport forms that listed “Parent 1” and “2” rather than “Mother” and “Father” – it seems this new ad is looking to change all that.
