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37% to 30%
Hillary Clinton’s dwindling lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders, according to a new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg poll in Iowa. Said pollster Ann Selzer: “This feels like 2008 all over again.”
My friends, the Republican Party did not win the midterm election in November: We lost that election. We lost because voter turnout was abysmally, embarrassingly low, and millions of working people, young people and people of color gave up on politics as usual and they stayed home. That’s a fact.
— Sen. Bernie Sanders, challenging the Democratic party’s leaders to embrace his candidacy, warning that the huge crowds of supporters he has drawn may not vote for Democratic candidates in 2016 unless he is at the top of the ticket, the New York Times reports.
54%
Hillary Clinton’s dominating lead over the Democratic field, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders at 20%, Vice President Joe Biden at 11% and Martin O’Malley at 4%, according to a new Suffolk University poll in Iowa.
You don’t change the system from within the Democratic Party. My own feeling is that the Democratic Party is ideologically bankrupt.
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), quoted by Politico.
28,000
Number of supporters Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), attracted to his largest audience yet: about 28,000 people in Portland, OR, Sunday night, the Washington Post reports. “Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont who has emerged as the leading alternative to Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination, appeared at a Portland arena with a capacity close to 20,000, aides said. An additional 8,000 people gathered in overflow areas set up for the event, aides said, citing numbers provided by officials from the venue.”
42% to 36%
Hillary Clinton’s lead in the 2016 Democratic primary over Bernie Sanders, 42% to 36%, according to a new WMUR poll in New Hampshire, with 5% supporting Vice President Joe Biden, who has been the subject of speculation in recent days about the possibility of becoming a candidate.
I would not want to be responsible for electing some right-wing Republican president.
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), saying he “will not run for president as an Independent if he falls short in his bid to secure the Democratic 2016 nomination,” The Hill reports.
100,000
Number of supporters Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) attracted to participate in a nationwide house party, the New York Times reports. “The national organizing day, which featured more than 3,500 events and house parties across the country, centered around a technological infrastructure that uses text-messaging sign-ups and a deep database of volunteers. Attendees at the house parties were asked to text a number to opt in and show interest.”
11,000
Number of people Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) drew to a rally Saturday night in downtown Phoenix — “the largest crowd to date for a presidential candidate whose audiences have been swelling in recent months,” the Washington Post reports. Said Sanders: “Somebody told me people are giving up on the political process. Not what I see here tonight.”
When I hear Bernie talk I’m almost inclined to accuse him of plagiarizing me.
— Ralph Nader, quoted by Politico, on Sen. Bernie Sanders.
