Bernie continues to gain steadily, though still trailing.

[merrily]

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Poll: Hillary Clinton's lead shrinks among Democrats

By Nick Gass

7/15/15 9:46 AM EDT


Hillary Clinton is still leading the Democratic field for 2016, but her lead has shrunk in recent months, according to a Monmouth University poll out Wednesday, as independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to make steady gains, despite trailing by a wide margin.

Among Democrats and those leaning toward the Democratic Party, Clinton picked up the support of 51 percent, down from 57 percent in June and 60 percent in April.

Sanders came in second with 17 percent, followed by former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb with 1 percent each. Lincoln Chafee, the former governor and senator from Rhode Island, registered no support.

If Vice President Joe Biden were to run, however, the results suggest that he would take some votes from Clinton. He has not announced his intentions, but poll respondents backed him with 13 percent, just behind Sanders.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/poll-hillary-clinton-lead-shrinking-democrats-120140.html#ixzz3fyyIrNuV

ETA: somewhat different numbers from a different poll about a week earlier:

On the Democratic side Hillary Clinton still has a dominant lead, but things are tightening up some in the way that they are in other places across the country. Clinton's at 55% to 20% for Bernie Sanders, 7% for Jim Webb, and 4% each for Lincoln Chafee and Martin O'Malley. Clinton's dropped from 62% to this 55% standing over the last month, while Sanders has made an almost corresponding lead from 14% to 20%. Webb's up 2 points from a month ago, and Chafee and O'Malley have stayed in place.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/bernie-sanders/

[SoapBox]

1. Every minute, more and more are Feel'n the Bern!

His word is spreading.

I just discovered this morning (DUH!) that his Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages are open for anyone to read. I'm one of those weirdo's that don't belong to any of those but now I can check those for current campaign messages.

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders

Twitter
https://twitter.com/BernieSanders

Instagram
https://instagram.com/berniesanders/

I know that there are all of 2 or 3 of us that don't belong but would like to read the posts.

FYI

[merrily]

2. After carefully avoiding facebook since its inception, I joined just to "like" Bernie.

Opened a new hotmail account to use for my email address and registered in both hotmail and facebook with nom de plume.

[cascadiance]

3. History still shows good opportunities for a president Sanders...

[BrotherIvan]

4. Si

Why do you think they are attacking early? They have internal polling too and I'm sure they are getting heartburn. The new meme is his huge crowds don't mean anything. Just like Obama's crowds didn't mean anything.

[HooptieWagon]

5. He will continue to gain steadily.

He doesn't have the 23 years of name-recognition that Hillary has, nor corporate-funded slick ads. He's got to grind it out in personal appearances all over the country, with help from his supporters using social media. This will take time, although there still is time. He can be in a statistical tie with Hillary by the time of the first primaries. He also has the benefit of true grass-roots support, which runs deeper than directed from the top AstroTurf support.
I am totally enjoying watching Bernie steadily creeping up the polls, and the Hillary supporters squirming, denying, lying, and feeble smear attempts. They are getting more and more desparate in their attempts to preserve corporate government.