Sanders surges in Iowa as Clinton faces Enthusiasm Gap

Juan Cole 09/14/2015

Anthony Salvanto | (CBS Face the Nation Video) | – –

“A new CBS News 2016 Battleground Tracker poll shows presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, leading in both Iowa and New Hampshire. With 78 percent of Sanders fans “enthusiastically” supporting his candidacy, states across the nation are feeling the Bern.”

CBS Face the Nation: “New CBS Poll: Sanders leading Democrats in Iowa and New Hampshire”

Relevant tweet:

Sanders up in Iowa: newest Battleground Tracker numbers here: http://t.co/npARrRsKwM #cbsnewspoll pic.twitter.com/TuA7PBl4fl

— Anthony Salvanto (@SalvantoCBS) September 13, 2015

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page