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Iowa Poll: Clinton leads, but Sanders draws near

Liberal revolutionary Bernie Sanders, riding an updraft of insurgent passion in Iowa, has closed to within 7 points of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race.

If Iowa voters are any indication, 2016 may be shaping up as the year that angry voters coalesce on their gripes more than any single candidate.

Bernie Sanders Has a Nevada Problem

Bernie Sanders has rapidly gained support in the first-in-the-nation voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, creeping up on Hillary Clinton and raising the possibility of mounting a real challenge to the Democrats’ primary front-runner. But in Nevada, the third state on Democratic primary calendar, Sanders faces a challenge that thus far has been the principal sticking point of his campaign: moving past a core supporter base that is largely white, and winning favor among minority voters.

Bernie Sanders’s Success in Attracting Small Donors Tests Importance of ‘Super PACs’

Donna Mae Litowitz, a Miami Beach retiree, likes Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont so much that three months ago she sent his presidential campaign $10,000. His campaign sent back all but $2,700 because it was more than he was allowed to take under federal election law, but she wishes he had kept it all.

In a potential huge boost for Vice President Joe Biden, more than six of 10 Democrats believe that if he ran he would win the presidency, according to a new poll.

Clinton has strong lead among Iowa Democrats

Hillary Clinton leads her Democratic presidential challengers in the early caucus state of Iowa, according to the latest Suffolk University Poll released on Tuesday.

The former secretary of state claimed 54 percent of the vote among likely Democratic caucus-goers, followed by independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at 20 percent, Vice President Joe Biden at 11 percent, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley at 4 percent and former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb at 1 percent.

Jeff Duncan, the popular and conservative representative from South Carolina’s Third Congressional District, held his fifth annual Faith and Freedom Barbecue Monday night. The Anderson Civic Center was packed with 1,800 to 1,900 Republicans who came to hear leading GOP presidential contenders Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, and Scott Walker.