South Carolina, Nevada CNN polls find Clinton far ahead

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South Carolina, Nevada CNN polls find Clinton far ahead

By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director
Updated 9:16 AM ET, Mon October 12, 2015

With Hillary Clinton behind in New Hampshire and holding on to a narrowing margin over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Iowa, new CNN/ORC polls in Nevada and South Carolina suggest Clinton holds strong support in the two states that could prove to be a firewall for her.

Clinton has the support of 50% of those who say they are likely to attend the Democratic caucus scheduled for February 20 in Nevada -- which plays host to the first debate among the declared Democratic candidates on Tuesday and is the first state to elect delegates after Iowa and New Hampshire.

Sanders follows at 34%, then Vice President Joe Biden at 12%, with the rest of the field garnering less than 1% support.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/12/politics/poll-south-carolina-nevada-hillary-clinton/index.html

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1. Bernie is not popular with democratic base voters in SC

In South Carolina, Clinton's advantages stem largely from Sanders' unpopularity with black voters, who made up a majority of Democratic primary voters in the state in 2008, the last time there was a competitive Democratic primary. Back then, black voters broke 78% for Barack Obama to 19% for Clinton.

In the new poll, 59% of black voters say they back Clinton, 27% say Biden and just 4% for Sanders.

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2. Without Joe it's 58% -36%

eom

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3. K&R. Looks like Cornel West's endorsement had ZERO effect.

Maybe it even hurt him.

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4. Wow I totally forgot about Cornel West's endorsement

That endorsement looks like a bust for Bernie LOL

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5. Many AA DU'ers warned this would backfire on Sanders.

Looks like they were right

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7. Totally right

Where are all the Bernie backers who swore it was a great thing for Bernie to hook up with Dr. West?

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6. In Nevada there doesn't appear to be as much of a racial discrepancy between support.

Sanders only has 31% of the white vote in Nevada, for instance, but is polling at 34% overall.

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8. K&R nt