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Fringe No More: Sanders Takes Major Lead in Key Battleground States
New polling shows Bernie Sanders ahead of Hillary Clinton in both New Hampshire and Iowa
Sep 14, 2015
'Fringe candidate' no more, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders leads former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton among likely Democratic presidential primary voters in the battleground states of Iowa and New Hampshire, according to new polling released on Sunday.
The new CBS/YouGov poll finds U.S. Sen. Sanders (Vt.) with 52 percent support among Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire, while former frontrunner Clinton receives 30 percent.
"Possibly more worrying for the Clinton campaign is her performance in Iowa," writes YouGov US and UK assistant editor William Jordan--in that key caucus state, Sanders is now ahead by 10 points, with 43 percent to Clinton's 33 percent.
CBS News further notes that "[o]ne major difference right now is enthusiasm: Sanders is generating it and Clinton is not. Seventy-eight percent of Sanders voters in New Hampshire, and 63 percent of his voters in Iowa, say they enthusiastically support him, while just 39 percent of Clinton's backers in New Hampshire and 49 percent in Iowa say they enthusiastically support her."
The CBS analysis continues: "Even though many Democrats think both Clinton and Sanders would look out for the middle class, voters in New Hampshire and Iowa are relatively more likely to believe Clinton will enact policies favoring the wealthy. A quarter say so in each of those states, while very few think this is true of Sanders. More Democrats say Sanders' policies would favor the poor than say that about Clinton."
In both Iowa and New Hampshire, Sanders' support is strong among both independent voters and those under age 30.
"The more people in Iowa get to know about Bernie the more they like him and what he stands for," said Stephanie Schwinn, Iowa's Bremer County Democratic Chair, after a Quinnapiac poll last week showed Sanders surging in the Hawkeye State. "His ideas for rebuilding the American middle class and taking on the billionaire class are resonating here in Iowa and across the country."
Sanders, for his part, said last week he was "stunned" by how swiftly his populist message has caught fire. "Did I think [the issues] would resonate as quickly as they have?" he asked CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Thursday. "The answer is no."
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'Fringe candidate' no more, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders leads former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton among likely Democratic presidential primary voters in the battleground states of Iowa and New Hampshire, according to new polling released on Sunday.
The new CBS/YouGov poll finds U.S. Sen. Sanders (Vt.) with 52 percent support among Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire, while former frontrunner Clinton receives 30 percent.
"Possibly more worrying for the Clinton campaign is her performance in Iowa," writes YouGov US and UK assistant editor William Jordan--in that key caucus state, Sanders is now ahead by 10 points, with 43 percent to Clinton's 33 percent.
CBS News further notes that "[o]ne major difference right now is enthusiasm: Sanders is generating it and Clinton is not. Seventy-eight percent of Sanders voters in New Hampshire, and 63 percent of his voters in Iowa, say they enthusiastically support him, while just 39 percent of Clinton's backers in New Hampshire and 49 percent in Iowa say they enthusiastically support her."
The CBS analysis continues: "Even though many Democrats think both Clinton and Sanders would look out for the middle class, voters in New Hampshire and Iowa are relatively more likely to believe Clinton will enact policies favoring the wealthy. A quarter say so in each of those states, while very few think this is true of Sanders. More Democrats say Sanders' policies would favor the poor than say that about Clinton."
In both Iowa and New Hampshire, Sanders' support is strong among both independent voters and those under age 30.
"The more people in Iowa get to know about Bernie the more they like him and what he stands for," said Stephanie Schwinn, Iowa's Bremer County Democratic Chair, after a Quinnapiac poll last week showed Sanders surging in the Hawkeye State. "His ideas for rebuilding the American middle class and taking on the billionaire class are resonating here in Iowa and across the country."
Sanders, for his part, said last week he was "stunned" by how swiftly his populist message has caught fire. "Did I think [the issues] would resonate as quickly as they have?" he asked CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Thursday. "The answer is no."
Deirdre Fulton
Deirdre Fulton is a former Common Dreams senior editor and staff writer. Previously she worked as an editor and writer for the Portland Phoenix and the Boston Phoenix, where she was honored by the New England Press Association and the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. A Boston University graduate, Deirdre is a co-founder of the Maine-based Lorem Ipsum Theater Collective and the PortFringe theater festival. She writes young adult fiction in her spare time.
'Fringe candidate' no more, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders leads former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton among likely Democratic presidential primary voters in the battleground states of Iowa and New Hampshire, according to new polling released on Sunday.
The new CBS/YouGov poll finds U.S. Sen. Sanders (Vt.) with 52 percent support among Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire, while former frontrunner Clinton receives 30 percent.
"Possibly more worrying for the Clinton campaign is her performance in Iowa," writes YouGov US and UK assistant editor William Jordan--in that key caucus state, Sanders is now ahead by 10 points, with 43 percent to Clinton's 33 percent.
CBS News further notes that "[o]ne major difference right now is enthusiasm: Sanders is generating it and Clinton is not. Seventy-eight percent of Sanders voters in New Hampshire, and 63 percent of his voters in Iowa, say they enthusiastically support him, while just 39 percent of Clinton's backers in New Hampshire and 49 percent in Iowa say they enthusiastically support her."
The CBS analysis continues: "Even though many Democrats think both Clinton and Sanders would look out for the middle class, voters in New Hampshire and Iowa are relatively more likely to believe Clinton will enact policies favoring the wealthy. A quarter say so in each of those states, while very few think this is true of Sanders. More Democrats say Sanders' policies would favor the poor than say that about Clinton."
In both Iowa and New Hampshire, Sanders' support is strong among both independent voters and those under age 30.
"The more people in Iowa get to know about Bernie the more they like him and what he stands for," said Stephanie Schwinn, Iowa's Bremer County Democratic Chair, after a Quinnapiac poll last week showed Sanders surging in the Hawkeye State. "His ideas for rebuilding the American middle class and taking on the billionaire class are resonating here in Iowa and across the country."
Sanders, for his part, said last week he was "stunned" by how swiftly his populist message has caught fire. "Did I think [the issues] would resonate as quickly as they have?" he asked CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Thursday. "The answer is no."
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