Sanders
takes nine-point lead over Clinton in New Hampshire: poll
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[September 08, 2015]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator
Bernie Sanders has opened a nine-point lead over fellow Democrat Hillary
Clinton among party supporters in New Hampshire, according to an NBC
News/Marist Poll released on Sunday.
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The survey showed that 41 percent of Democratic voters would back
Sanders while 32 percent would cast a vote for Clinton if the poll
were held today and Vice President Joe Biden were on the ballot.
Support for Biden, who has yet to decide whether to run after the
death of his son Beau in May, was at 16 percent.
Draft Biden, a group urging him to put his name forward, said the
poll showed "a deep desire among Democratic primary voters to have
Vice President Biden join the Presidential race."
In July, Sanders had 32 percent support while Clinton had 42 percent
backing in the same poll.
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Sanders, from next-door Vermont, has appealed to young and
working-class voters as he challenges the former first lady and
front-runner for the Democratic nomination.
New Hampshire is due to hold its presidential primaries in January
and many campaigns are courting voters in the small New England
state.
NBC also reported that its polling shows Clinton with a lead in
Iowa, another state with an early voice in the nomination process,
though her margin over Sanders has shrunk to 11 percentage points
from 24 points in July.
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Besides Biden, several other Democratic candidates have garnered
only low single-digit support in the last several such polls.
The New Hampshire poll of 356 people was taken this month and had a
margin of error of plus or minus 5.2 percent.
(Reporting by Patrick Rucker; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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