Sanders, meanwhile, has opened up an eight-point lead over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, leading her in Iowa 51% to 43% among likely Democratic presidential caucus-goers.
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In her second presidential bid, a defeat in Iowa could be considered a major setback for the Clinton campaign, as this is traditionally expected to set the pace and tone of the rest of the presidential season. The Vermont senator also leads Republicans Marco Rubio 55 percent to 37 percent, Chris Christie 57 percent to 34 percent, and John Kasich 54 percent to 33 percent. The polls indicate otherwise, he told the crowd, with the first voting of the 2016 primary season about a week away.
On Wednesday night, the campaign sent out a fundraising email asking for cash to compete with Sanders on the airwaves in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Read: When is my state’s primary? Some Republicans, reports USA Today, are using his success to embarrass Hillary Clinton.
Here’s Bill Clinton on Sanders.
On Tuesday, 10 former senior USA diplomats and national security officials who have served across multiple administrations issued a joint statement raising questions about Sanders. “Senator Sanders doesn’t talk very much about foreign policy”, she said. Trump and Cruz are almost tied in polls of Iowa voters. And on the critical issue of trust, Sanders has almost a 15-point advantage over the former first lady.
Hillary Clinton is falling behind in the Iowa Caucus. Just 7 percent said they have an unfavorable opinion of the senator.
On Fox Business, Markay told host Neil Cavuto that victories for Sanders in those two states would go a long way to erasing Clinton’s electability argument. Even so, 60% think Clinton has the best chance of winning the general election.
The party samples both have a margin of error of plus or minus six percentage points.
Sanders and Clinton have also both proposed comprehensive plans to address climate change, but Sanders is considered by many environmentalists to be more aggressive.
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This poll, which gave Sanders a 9-point lead over Clinton, came after a CNN/WMUR-TV poll earlier in the week said Sanders had a whopping 27-point advarntage in the same state.
