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August 5, 2015
Bernie Sanders is closing in on Hillary Clinton, according to new polling from New Hampshire.
In a WMUR/University of New Hampshire poll released Tuesday, the Vermont senator is in a statistical tie with the Democratic presidential frontrunner, trailing her by six percentage points, which is just within the poll’s margin of error.
Among Democratic voters surveyed, 36 percent responded that they would vote for Sanders, while 42 percent said Clinton. Sanders leads Clinton in likeability and whether or not the candidate “best represents Democrats like themselves.”
Sanders and Clinton are virtually tied in terms of net electability, polling at 30 percent and 32 percent, respectively. Net electability measures the difference between the percentage of people who would vote for the candidate and the percentage of people who would not vote for him/her.
About five percent of respondents said they supported Vice President Joe Biden. In recent weeks, speculation that Biden might run has kicked into high gear, as sources close to Biden claim that he is weighing another presidential bid. Biden is expected to make a final decision by September.
While the new poll is likely to boost the hopes of Sanders supporters, the numbers remain mostly unchanged from other New Hampshire polls in recent months, which show Sanders narrowing his gap with Clinton but still trailing. And despite his growing support, 68 percent of those surveyed said Clinton would win the New Hampshire primary in February, while only 17 percent said Sanders. A majority of respondents said that Clinton also has the best chance of winning the general election and that she has the “right experience to be president.”
Sanders faces an uphill battle in challenging Clinton on the national level. According to HuffPost Pollster’s aggregate of national polling data, Sanders would get about 20 percent of the vote nationally, compared to Clinton’s 56 percent. This is a slight increase from last month, when he was polling at less than 15 percent nationally.
The WMUR poll surveyed 722 New Hampshire residents via phone between July 22 and July 30, including 276 likely Democratic primary voters.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-new-hampshire_55c15303e4b0f7f0bebae9cb
Bernie Sanders Is Narrowing The Gap With Hillary Clinton In The Granite State
He still trails Clinton nationally but is in a statistical tie in New Hampshire.Bernie Sanders is closing in on Hillary Clinton, according to new polling from New Hampshire.
In a WMUR/University of New Hampshire poll released Tuesday, the Vermont senator is in a statistical tie with the Democratic presidential frontrunner, trailing her by six percentage points, which is just within the poll’s margin of error.
Among Democratic voters surveyed, 36 percent responded that they would vote for Sanders, while 42 percent said Clinton. Sanders leads Clinton in likeability and whether or not the candidate “best represents Democrats like themselves.”
Sanders and Clinton are virtually tied in terms of net electability, polling at 30 percent and 32 percent, respectively. Net electability measures the difference between the percentage of people who would vote for the candidate and the percentage of people who would not vote for him/her.
About five percent of respondents said they supported Vice President Joe Biden. In recent weeks, speculation that Biden might run has kicked into high gear, as sources close to Biden claim that he is weighing another presidential bid. Biden is expected to make a final decision by September.
While the new poll is likely to boost the hopes of Sanders supporters, the numbers remain mostly unchanged from other New Hampshire polls in recent months, which show Sanders narrowing his gap with Clinton but still trailing. And despite his growing support, 68 percent of those surveyed said Clinton would win the New Hampshire primary in February, while only 17 percent said Sanders. A majority of respondents said that Clinton also has the best chance of winning the general election and that she has the “right experience to be president.”
Sanders faces an uphill battle in challenging Clinton on the national level. According to HuffPost Pollster’s aggregate of national polling data, Sanders would get about 20 percent of the vote nationally, compared to Clinton’s 56 percent. This is a slight increase from last month, when he was polling at less than 15 percent nationally.
The WMUR poll surveyed 722 New Hampshire residents via phone between July 22 and July 30, including 276 likely Democratic primary voters.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-new-hampshire_55c15303e4b0f7f0bebae9cb
August 5, 2015
Email from Bernie..
Xxx,
If you can believe it, Jeb Bush said this today:
"I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues."
Let me tell you what I believe: we need to be spending a lot more money on women's health care. We need to be investing in organizations like Planned Parenthood that provide absolutely essential health services for women, particularly in low-income communities.
And Americans need a president who knows women in this nation deserve a whole lot more than $3 a person for health care.
We must stand up for women's health. Add your name to fight these Republican attacks on women's health care.
Jeb Bush saying that a half billion dollars for women's health care is too much shows just how low the Republican candidates will sink to cater to the radical fringe in this election. I am eager to show the country why they are wrong, and I hope you'll join me in standing up for women's health care.
In solidarity,
Bernie Sanders
August 4, 2015
The most popular figures/institutions in the NBC/WSJ poll? Planned Parenthood and the NRA...
That's right...
August 4, 2015
130 families!!
Bernie Sanders: I fear very much that government of the people, by the people, for the people is perishing in the United States.
August 4, 2015
Cecil the lion’s death last month has resulted in donations of more than $780,000 to the team at Oxford University that was studying him.
Researchers at Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit said Tuesday the money would help them study lions not only in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, where Cecil lived, but also in adjoining countries.
Cecil was lured out of Hwange and shot with a bow and arrow by Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer who had paid $50,000 to hunt him. But the lion didn’t die immediately, and his hunters tracked him down and killed him some 40 hours later. Cecil was then skinned and beheaded.
Killing lions isn’t illegal, and, as we noted Monday, 11 African countries, including Zimbabwe and South Africa, issue permits for their hunting. Indeed, some hunters argue trophy hunting actually helps conservation, by providing tens of thousands of dollars per permit to countries that otherwise lack the resources to protect wildlife.
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The $780,000 in donations was aided by a $100,000 matching pledge from American philanthropists Tom and Daphne Kaplan.
More here: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/08/cecil-supporters-donations/400436/
Lion Item: Cecil's Death Is Great for Rage, and Turns Out He's Also Great for Raising Cash
The team at Oxford University that was studying him has received more than $780,000 in donationsCecil the lion’s death last month has resulted in donations of more than $780,000 to the team at Oxford University that was studying him.
Researchers at Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit said Tuesday the money would help them study lions not only in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, where Cecil lived, but also in adjoining countries.
Cecil was lured out of Hwange and shot with a bow and arrow by Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer who had paid $50,000 to hunt him. But the lion didn’t die immediately, and his hunters tracked him down and killed him some 40 hours later. Cecil was then skinned and beheaded.
Killing lions isn’t illegal, and, as we noted Monday, 11 African countries, including Zimbabwe and South Africa, issue permits for their hunting. Indeed, some hunters argue trophy hunting actually helps conservation, by providing tens of thousands of dollars per permit to countries that otherwise lack the resources to protect wildlife.
>snip<
The $780,000 in donations was aided by a $100,000 matching pledge from American philanthropists Tom and Daphne Kaplan.
More here: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/08/cecil-supporters-donations/400436/
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