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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFeel the Bern: "Catching Clinton, Sanders Surges"
Catching Clinton, Sanders SurgesSeveral polls now show Sen. Bernie Sanders closing the gap between himself and frontrunner Hillary Clinton
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 * Common Dreams * by Jon Queally
Several new polls from the early battleground state of New Hampshire indicate that the progressive message of Sen. Bernie Sanderswho has been busy talking about the troubling supremacy of Wall Street banks, vast economic inequality, the crisis of money in politics, and the imperative to address the climate crisisis resonating with prospective voters in the early battleground state as he rapidly closes the gap with Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
"Dont underestimate the power of the progressive nerve network. It is alive, far reaching, and it is translating into political muscle in the New Hampshire Democratic primary."
David Paleologos, Suffolk University
According to a Suffolk University poll released Tuesday, Sanders garnered the support of 31 percent of likely Democratic primary voters compared to Clinton who received 41 percent. With just ten points now separating the candidates, Sanders' increase in popularity is happening much faster than many political observers say they expected.
In late May, a University of New Hampshire poll showed that only 13 percent of likely New Hampshire voters would vote for Sanders.
Though any experts felt that Clintons early and substantial lead would ultimately shrink, David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston, says the speed at which Sanders has closed the gap was not widely expected. "In New Hampshire right now," he said, "the lead has shrunk a lot, and this is a much different Democratic primary race than we are seeing in other states so far."
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/06/17/catching-clinton-sanders-surges
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Feel the Bern: "Catching Clinton, Sanders Surges" (Original Post)
99th_Monkey
Jun 2015
OP
Are things warming up for you, Hillary? Is this race getting hotter, Hillary? Hey Hillary, do you
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2015
#2
TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)1. YAY! Go Bernie Go!!!!!
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)2. Are things warming up for you, Hillary? Is this race getting hotter, Hillary? Hey Hillary, do you
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Tarheel_Dem
(31,234 posts)3. YAY! That same poll showed Bernie down by +40 points in IA & +46 in SC. Bernie has yet to improve
his standing with minority groups. NH is not a representative sample of a diverse "Democratic" Party.
Clinton continues to be dominant nationally with every segment of the Democratic electorate- she's over 60% with liberals, moderates, women, men, Hispanics, whites, and voters in every age group and she's polling at 83% with African Americans. The lack of racial diversity in New Hampshire is one reason Sanders is coming closer to her there given her dominance with black voters nationally.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026845847
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026845847
Head on down South, where the country looks more like the Democratic Party.