Posted on 02/05/2016 4:31:23 PM PST by mandaladon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has erased Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's wide lead for the Democratic presidential nomination since the start of year, putting the two in a dead heat nationally, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Clinton leads Sanders 48 percent to 45 percent among Democratic voters, according to the poll of 512 Americans, conducted Feb. 2-5 following the Iowa caucus. The poll has a credibility interval of 5 percentage points.
Democrats had been supporting Clinton by more than a 2-to-1 margin at the beginning of the year. Sanders has narrowed that lead considerably over the past several weeks.
Clinton beat Sanders narrowly in the Iowa caucuses, the nation's first nomination contest ahead of the November election, but is expected to lose to him in New Hampshire. The two rivals clashed on Thursday night in their first one-on-one debate, reflecting the tightness of the race.
There is still a wide gap between the two in name recognition nationally. Nearly a quarter of Democrats and two-fifths of Independents say they are still not that familiar with Sanders. In comparison, Clinton has almost total name recognition among voters.
On the Republican side, Donald Trump continued to lead the field with 40 percent support. His level of support among Republicans was relatively unchanged following his second-place finish in the Iowa caucus. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas followed with 16 percent and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida came in third with 13 percent.
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This is the last hoorah and we have ONE chance.
To paraphrase what Romney said, as secretly recorded by Jimmy Carter’s grandson: The Democrat nominee whoever that is, starts this election with 47% of the vote locked up, and over 200 of the 270 electoral votes needed for election in the bag.
The media will go all out for the Democrats, as they have for Obama in his elections.
Can you imagine the mediagasm if we see a “diverse” ticket, such as Hillary with someone such as the Hispanic Castro, HUD secretary as her running mate??? My God, the media will will run with that, proclaiming the death of 2 white men on a presidential ticket and all that.
Good points; my concern is that over the past 7 years the 47% has passed the halfway point. I can’t believe the “government-dependent” types have shrunk in number, and with this economy I certainly believe they have grown...
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