Bernie Sanders Trails Hillary Clinton Nationally 42-44 in Quinnipiac Poll
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. (Gage Skidmore / (CC BY-SA 2.0))
A Quinnipiac University poll released Friday finds that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has dramatically cut into the nationwide lead of his rival for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton.
The Hill reports:
The poll released Friday finds Clinton leading the race with 44 percent support, compared to 42 percent support for Sanders, within the survey’s margin of error.
The last iteration of the poll in December had Clinton leading Sanders nationwide 61–30.
“Democrats nationwide are feeling the Bern as Sen. Bernie Sanders closes a 31-point gap to tie Secretary Hillary Clinton,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
The poll also finds that Sanders matches up better with top Republican primary candidates than Clinton.
In head-to-head matchups, the Vermont senator leads GOP front-runner Donald Trump by 10 points, edges Ted Cruz by 4 points and ties Marco Rubio.
While Clinton still tops Trump by 5 points, she ties Cruz and trails Rubio by 7 points.
Read more here.
—Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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Source: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/bernie_sanders_trails_hillary_clinton_42-44_nationally_20160205/
Since Bernie was projected to be over 30 points down by now, I imagine he is pretty happy about this. I’m a professional sports bettor based in southern Nevada and I think it is obvious Bernie is going to pull this off. I don’t bet politics as a general rule, but Bernie is looking pretty damn good now in my opinion. He’s an underdog but he shouldn’t be, just exactly what you look for when placing a bet.