Left-wing outsider Bernie Sanders beating Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire primary poll
The democratic socialist is surprising pundits
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Your support makes all the difference.Left-wing outsider Bernie Sanders is polling ahead of establishment favourite Hillary Clinton in a key electoral test, according to a new poll.
The two politicians are competing to be the Democratic party’s nomination for US president.
Mr Sanders is polling at 44 per cent in the Democratic New Hampshire Primary compared to the former secretary of state’s 37 per cent, the survey says.
The numbers are the first time Mr Sanders, a senator from Vermont and a self-described democratic socialist, has beaten Ms Clinton in any poll.
The opinion research was conducted by Franklin Pierce University for the Boston Herald newspaper.
Mr Sanders’ political positions are well to the left of the centre of American politics. He supports full universal healthcare, a higher federal minimum wage, free university education, and higher taxes on the wealthy.
His surprise popularity echoes that of Jeremy Corbyn, an outsider left-wing candidate for the leadership of the UK Labour party who appears on the verge of victory.
It also comes on the heels of a significant poll lead for Donald Trump, an iconoclastic businessman who is running for the Republican nomination.
Ms Clinton is still ahead of all the other candidates in other national polls.
However, she is under increased scrutiny after she agreed to hand over a server containing private emails to the US Justice Department.
Mr Sanders has also been cast into the spotlight after drawing huge crowds to rallies and townhall meetings across the US.
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