Bernie Sanders may be behind in the polls and losing ground to Hillary Clinton, but new polling shows that he could be the Democrats’ best bet to open new battlegrounds and turn even reliably red states like Arizona back to blue.
A poll this week from Arizona State University shows that in Arizona, general election voters favor Sanders in a hypothetical matchup against GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton doesn’t far so well, ABC 15 noted.
“Between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, 38 percent would vote for Trump, 38 percent would vote for Clinton, 15 percent are undecided and 9 percent said neither.”
“On a Clinton and Ted Cruz ballot, 41 percent would vote for Cruz, 35 percent would vote for Clinton, 14 percent are undecided and 10 percent said neither.”
“If the election was between Trump and Bernie Sanders, 39 percent would vote for Sanders, 36 percent would vote for Trump, 18 percent are undecided and 7 percent said neither.”
While other southwestern states have turned blue including Nevada and New Mexico, Arizona has remained a reliably Republican state for the past several cycles. In 2012, even as Obama was winning most battleground states against Mitt Romney, he lost Arizona by 10 points. Even in 2008, when Obama won even bigger margins nationwide, McCain carried Arizona by nearly 9 points.
Bernie Sanders Polls: If Sanders Were To Win The Nomination, Even Deep-Red Arizona Would Turn Blue
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