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Clinton Wins Iowa By Barest of Margins

February 3, 2016 Buck Banks

0.3%

Margin by which Hillary Clinton won the Iowa Caucuses over Se. Bernie Sanders, CNN reports.

Sanders Holds Significant Lead in N.H.

January 25, 2016 Buck Banks

50%

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ lead over Hillary Clinton’s 41%, according to a new Suffolk University poll in New Hampshire. Also interesting: “Sanders fares better when it comes to the issue of trust. Asked which of the three major Democratic candidates is the most trustworthy, respondents chose Sanders by a 15-point margin: 51% to Clinton’s 36%. And while 26% of likely Democratic voters said they were bothered by Clinton’s use of private email as secretary of state, 71% said that it is not of concern.”

Clinton’s National Lead Narrows

January 20, 2016 Buck Banks

52%

Hillary Clinton’s lead over Bernie Sanders (37%) nationally,a new Monmouth University poll finds. Clinton is down 7 points since last month while Sanders is up 9 points.

Sunday’s Democratic Debate the Most Watched So Far

January 19, 2016 Buck Banks

12.5 million

Number of viewers across all platforms for Sunday night’s Democratic presidential debate, making it the most-watched broadcast network Democratic debate of the 2016 campaign so far and the third-highest rated Democratic debate in history, according to NBC News.

How Else Do You Explain Ben Carson?

January 5, 2016 Buck Banks

I think we may have been visited already. We don’t know for sure.

— Hillary Clinton, quoted by the Conway Daily Sun, on whether extraterrestrial life could exist.

Clinton Campaign Smashes Fundraising Goals

January 4, 2016 Buck Banks

$37 million

Amount Hillary Clinton’s campaign reported for fourth-quarter fundraising toward her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, The Hill reports. “That brings her total funds from 2015 to $112 million, smashing through the goal her campaign set of raising $100 million.”

Women Democratic senators endorsed Hillary Clinton at a Capitol Hill fundraising event, the Washington Post reports. “But one particularly influential female Democratic senator didn’t join her colleagues: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) — the anti-Wall Street crusader who was courted to run as the darling of very liberal Democrats — has not endorsed Clinton, nor has she promised she will.”

Sanders Has Highest Approval Rating of Any Senator

November 24, 2015 Buck Banks

83%

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) approval rating among his own constituents, the highest of any United States senator, a new Morning Consult survey finds.

Trump Tops GOP Field Nationally Four Months in a Row

November 23, 2015 Buck Banks

4

Number of consecutive months Donald Trump has led the GOP primary field. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds Donald Trump leading the GOP field with 32%, followed by Ben Carson at 22%, Marco Rubio at 11%, Ted Cruz at 8% and Jeb Bush at 6%. No other candidate has more than 4% nationally. In the Democratic race, Hillary Clinton leads with 60%, followed by Bernie Sanders at 34% and Martin O’Malley at 3%.

A new Fox News poll also shows Trump expanding his lead to 28%, followed by Carson by 18%, Cruz at 14%, Rubio at 14% and Bush at 5%.

Now we’re well into the primary debate session,
And the candidates are whining about media aggression.
Because no matter what the channel,
Or how senior or balanced the panel,
Moderators are just supposed to moderate — not ask hard questions!

0.3%

Margin by which Hillary Clinton won the Iowa Caucuses over Se. Bernie Sanders, CNN reports.

50%

52%

Hillary Clinton’s lead over Bernie Sanders (37%) nationally,a new Monmouth University poll finds. Clinton is down 7 points since last month while Sanders is up 9 points.

12.5 million

Number of viewers across all platforms for Sunday night’s Democratic presidential debate, making it the most-watched broadcast network Democratic debate of the 2016 campaign so far and the third-highest rated Democratic debate in history, according to NBC News.

I think we may have been visited already. We don’t know for sure.

— Hillary Clinton, quoted by the Conway Daily Sun, on whether extraterrestrial life could exist.

$37 million

Amount Hillary Clinton’s campaign reported for fourth-quarter fundraising toward her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, The Hill reports. “That brings her total funds from 2015 to $112 million, smashing through the goal her campaign set of raising $100 million.”

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83%

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) approval rating among his own constituents, the highest of any United States senator, a new Morning Consult survey finds.

4

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

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30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%