US election 2016: Support for Hillary Clinton rises
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(VOVworld) - Support for former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton among Democrats has jumped from earlier this month, thanks to a strong performance in last week's first Democratic presidential candidate debate, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Monday. 51% of 1,003 Democrats polled in the online survey said they would vote for Clinton in the 2016 presidential primaries, compared with 27% who said they would back her main rival, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. 41% backed Clinton and 27% favored Sanders in the Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted on Oct. 9. Support for Vice President Joe Biden among Democrats dropped 6 percentage points to 13 percent from 10 days ago.
In Oct. 13 debate in Las Vegas, Clinton and Sanders revealed opposing views on US policies in the Middle East, gun control, and economic policy. Thirty-six percent of voters said Clinton did the best job in the debate aired on CNN, regardless of which candidate they support, while 26 percent named Sanders as the winner.