A new poll says most Democratic voters could be persuaded to vote for someone other than their top choice, a potentially worrying result for Hillary Clinton, who is the top choice of 55 percent of Democrats.
Sixty-two percent of the Democrats surveyed in a new Bloomberg Politics poll said that they could still be persuaded to vote for someone else, although 37 percent did say their mind is made up.
Of those supporting Clinton, 46 percent said they are set on their decision, while 54 percent said they could still be persuaded to vote another way.
One positive sign for Clinton, however, is that supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., are even less sure about their top choice. The poll said just 36 percent of Sanders’ supporters are decided, and 64 percent could be persuaded to vote for someone else.
While Democrats overall still seem open to changing their minds, the poll shows that for now, Clinton is dominating the race for the Democratic nomination against Sanders, her only real competitor. Clinton leads Sanders 55-30 in the November poll, a sign that Vice President Joe Biden’s decision not to run mostly helped Clinton.
Two months earlier, Clinton led Sanders 33-24. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley rose slightly over the last two months, but has just 3 percent in the poll.
The poll of 385 Democrats or Democratic leaners was conducted Nov. 15-17 by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines with a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
