Two new polls show presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton might not have the cakewalk to the Democratic
nomination that political observers almost universally expect.
A Suffolk University
poll of likely Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire finds
the former secretary of state Clinton garnering 41% of the vote. Fellow
Democratic presidential candidate and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is
surprisingly close in second place, grabbing 31%.
"Don't
underestimate the power of the progressive nerve network," David
Paleologos, the director of the Suffolk University Political Research
Center, said in a statement. "It is alive, far reaching, and it is
translating into political muscle in the New Hampshire Democratic
primary."
The
Suffolk poll is the second of the Granite State in a matter of days that
displays Clinton in vulnerable position as a front-runner. In a Morning
Consult poll released last weekend, Clinton led Sanders by just
12 points.
Since
Sanders jumped into the presidential race in late April, his candidacy has
gained momentum through grassroots support from the more liberal wing of the
Democratic Party. In the Suffolk poll, self-identified liberal Democratic
voters split 39-39 between Clinton and Sanders. Self-identified moderate
Democrats chose Clinton by a 20-point margin.
There's
also a significant gender gap. Democratic women swung 47-28 for Clinton, but
she actually trailed Sanders by 3 points among Democratic men.
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