Bernie Sanders outperforms Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical general-election matchup against Donald Trump, according to the results from the new NBC New/Wall Street Journal poll. CONT. Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »
Clinton Holds 25-Point National Lead Over Sanders
Hillary Clinton leads rival Bernie Sanders by 25 points nationally ahead of Sunday’s final Democratic debate and the all-important Iowa caucuses, according to the latest results from the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. CONT. Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »
Can Clinton find the spark to fend off the challenge from Sanders?
… It seemed unimaginable that a Clinton, particularly a Clinton who could become the first woman U.S. president in history, could be overshadowed in a political campaign this year and yet that’s currently the case. Trump and Trumpism loom over the entire country. His candidacy is the talk everywhere, for […] Read more »
Sanders’ Image Up Among Dems; Clinton Still Maintains Edge
As Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders approach their final debate before the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses, Clinton (+57) maintains a net favorability advantage over Sanders (+48) among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents. While Clinton’s current score is about par for the course, Sanders is his highest to date, […] Read more »
Clinton’s lead is evaporating, and anxious Democrats see 2008 all over again
Some leading Democrats are increasingly anxious about Hillary Clinton’s prospects for winning the party’s presidential nomination, warning that Sen. Bernie Sanders’s growing strength in early battleground states and strong fundraising point to a campaign that could last well into the spring. CONT. Paul Kane, Washington Post Read more »
An Unusual Campaign Has More Traditional Look in Iowa Than in New Hampshire
For an election that has been anything but conventional, the latest Marist/NBC polling out of Iowa finds things lining up in familiar ways. For Trump or Sanders to win they need new, non-traditional caucus goers to show up and vote. That is how Obama won in 2008 and why Howard […] Read more »