Democratic Voters Trust Hillary Clinton Over Bernie Sanders in International Crisis (Hillary Group)
As Democratic presidential candidates prepared to debate less than 24 hours after devastating attacks in Paris, a recent poll found that Democratic primary voters trust Hillary Clinton more than Bernie Sanders to handle an international crisis.
More than half of Democratic voters -- 53 percent -- said they are "very confident" in the former secretary of state's ability to lead in a foreign affairs crisis, according to a national CBS/NYT poll released Thursday. But only 16 percent say the same of Bernie Sanders.
Also, 27 percent say they are "not too confident" or "not at all confident" in Sanders, while only 17 percent say the same of Clinton. Clinton continues to hold a broad lead nationally.
CBS News is focusing the second Democratic debate on national security and terrorism in light of the attacks, putting Clinton's international affairs experience as Secretary of State front and center.
"Last night's attacks are a tragic example of the kind of challenges American Presidents face in today's world and we intend to ask the candidates how they would confront the evolving threat of terrorism," CBS News Washington Bureau Chief Christopher Isham told reporters in the debate hall at Des Moines' Drake University....
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-voters-trust-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-international/story?id=35204886 via ABC News
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