A new poll finds that Vermont socialist Bernie Sanders is in a statistical tie with Hillary Clinton in a newly released New Hampshire poll. The poll finds that Sanders “is currently the most popular Democratic candidate in the state.”
The poll was conducted by the University of New Hampshire and WMUR.
“Hillary Clinton remains in a statistical tie with Vermont senator Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire. Clinton and Sanders enjoy similar net favorability ratings among Democratic primary voters,” the poll press release reads.
” These findings are based on the latest WMUR Granite State Poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. Seven hundred and twenty-two (722) randomly selected New Hampshire adults were interviewed by landline and cellular telephone between July 22 and July 30, 2015. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3.6 percent. Included were three hundred nine (309) likely 2016 Republican Primary voters (MSE = +/-5.6), two hundred seventy-six (276) likely 2016 Democratic Primary voters (MSE = +/-5.9), and six hundred and fifty-two (652) likely 2016 presidential election voters (MSE = +/- 3.8).”
The poll write-up adds, “Vermont senator Bernie Sanders is currently the most popular Democratic candidate in the state. Most likely Democratic Primary voters, 69%, have a favorable opinion of Sanders, 10% have an unfavorable opinion of him, and 20% are neutral or unsure. His net favorability rating, the percentage who have a favorable opinion minus those who have an unfavorable opinion, is a +59%. 2008 New Hampshire Primary winner Hillary Clinton, who had been the most popular Democrat in previous polls, continues to maintain a high net favorability rating of +54%.
“Vice President Joe Biden has solid net favorability ratings (+38%) while other Democratic challengers — former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley (+6%), former Virginia senator Jim Webb (+2%), and former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee (-5%) and are less well known and have low net favorability ratings.”
