NH Poll: Sanders 63%, Clinton 30%

[Bryce Butler]

In the Democratic primary race, Bernie Sanders continues to lead Hillary Clinton 63 to 30 percent, and Martin O’Malley, who has suspended his campaign, received only 1 percent of support. Democrats polled are more certain about their choices, with only 19 percent of Sanders’ supporters and 21 percent of voters who favor Clinton saying they could change their mind before the Feb. 9 primary. Sanders, who is 74 years old, continues to hold the support of young voters, 91 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds.

Link: http://www.uml.edu/News/press-releases/2016/TrackingPoll02022016.aspx?platform=hootsuite

[ViseGrip]

1. Thanks so much for running senator Sanders!

[SheenaR]

2. But he is from the area!!

Nevermind that NH has known SECRETARY Clinton very well (and was a past winner) for 25 years.

It's only only because of whites and geography.

Sanders wins by this much and I wonder what this place will look like

[Eric J in MN]

4. Bernie Sanders is doing best in the early state where people have known him the longest

..and that contradicts President Obama's "bright, shiny object" theory of why Sanders is doing well:

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yeah. Yeah. I think — look, I've gotten to know Hillary really well, and she is a good, smart, tough person who cares deeply about this country, and she has been in the public eye for a long time and in a culture in which new is always better. And, you know, you're always looking at the bright, shiny object that people don't, haven't seen before. That's a disadvantage to her. Bernie is somebody who —although I don't know as well because he wasn't, obviously, in my administration, has the virtue of saying exactly what he believes, and great authenticity, great passion, and is fearless. His attitude is, “I got nothing to lose.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/off-message-podcast-transcript-obama-218167#ixzz3z7U4DqhI

If Bernie Sanders' appeal were primarily a matter of novelty, then he'd be doing worse in NH than in the other early states.

[mhatrw]

3. 91% of young voters! Clinton is Blockbuster. Sanders is Netflix.

Time for all of the rats to jump her sinking ship!