Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is putting a huge scare into Hillary Clinton’s campaign, coming to within just six points of the Democratic front runner in New Hampshire, according to a new poll.
And when the WMUR TV 5.9 point margin of error for the poll is taken into account, the fiery progressive is in a statistical tie with the former first lady, New York senator and secretary of state.
According to the poll out Tuesday night, Clinton leads Sanders 42 percent to 36 percent. Vice President Joe Biden is nearly irrelevant at 5 percent, but he’s doing better than former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and former U.S. Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia at 1 percent.
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In their story about the poll, dominant New Hampshire TV outlet said, “The WMUR Granite State Poll taken July 22-30 shows frontrunner Clinton with a 6 percentage point lead over the challenger from Vermont. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 5.9 percent, prompting the pollster to call the race a statistical tie.”
What’s more, said the station, the University of New Hampshire poll “shows that as more voters get to know Sanders, the more popular he becomes. Currently, 69 percent view him favorably and 10 percent unfavorably, while 16 percent do not know enough about him to say. In May, he was viewed favorably by 45 percent and unfavorably by 11 percent, while 28 percent did not know enough about him to say.”
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
