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Poll Suggests Bernie Sanders Could Win Election For Democrats

A recent poll indicates that Bernie Sanders is gaining support among Democrats, with 72% of registered voters believing he could win the U.S. presidential race against any Republican candidate. In a previous poll conducted in Dec. 2015 only 21% of those surveyed had any faith in the junior United States Senator from Vermont. The public are now ‘feeling the Bern’ and liking it. Sputnik reports: In the poll, Hillary Clinton is believed to be more electable than Sanders, with nine out of 10 voters believing in her, but other polls have been telling a different story. A new Quinnipiac University national poll released Thursday showed that Sanders would defeat any potential Republican challenger in a general election matchup, some even by double digits. Alternately, Clinton would either tie or lose to every GOP contender. Clinton’s campaign has argued that as people get to know Sanders he will lose support, but on that point polls also appear to say the opposite. According to polling over the past few weeks, the more the public gets to know the Vermont senator, the more they appear to favor him. While Sanders has been gaining in popular support among voters, Clinton maintains a massive lead among the Democratic establishment — those superdelegates who influence the choice of the eventual nominee. [...]