As Voting Begins, Bernie Suddenly More Popular With Democrats Than Hillary

In a stunning finding, moments ago Gallup reported that as voting begins in the 2016 presidential primary, suddenly Bernie Sanders, once seen as a long-shot bid for the Democratic nomination, has the edge over Hillary Clinton in net favorability among U.S. adults who identify or lean Democratic.
For the two-week rolling average spanning Jan. 18-31, Sanders has a net favorable score of +53 - tied for his highest reading since Gallup began tracking candidates' images in early July of last year. Clinton, long the leader in the popularity metric, has a score of +49.