Bernie Sanders is still behind Hillary Clinton nationally, but he outperforms the Democratic front-runner in some matchups against Republican presidential candidates.
According to a Suffolk University, USA Today poll released Wednesday, Sanders has pulled within 10 points of Clinton among likely Democratic voters, trailing her 50-40 percent. In December, Clinton led Sanders 56-39, but the Vermont senator recently picked up steam since beating Clinton in the New Hampshire primary by over 22 points.
“The New Hampshire primary was more than just the allocation of a few party delegates from a small state,” says David Paleologos, director of Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston. “We are finding shifts in national opinion from coast to coast, and what happens next in Nevada’s caucuses and the South Carolina primaries also will have an impact.”
On the campaign trail Clinton frequently argues that she is the most electable candidate, but the Democratic socialist slightly outpolls her when matched against Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. The Democrats would lose to Trump, Rubio and John Kasich by small margins.
