Time for our biweekly community look into the Democratic presidential primary. Here's where things have stood the last several months:
10/20 9/29 9/15 9/1 8/19 8/5 7/21 7/9 6/23 6/9
Sanders 53 62 62 58 58 58 57 67 63 69
Clinton 41 29 29 34 34 35 36 29 31 24
Other 1 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 1 3
No clue 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 2
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n= 8K 7.8K 7.2K 7.4K 7.5K 8.1K 7.1K 7.4K 8K 14.2K
October 20 was after the first Democratic presidential debate, but before the Benghazi Inquisition. Suddenly, weeks of surprisingly consistent results were turned on their head, with Hillary Clinton gaining a net 21 points. The shift amounts to a net 33-point gain since we started the community straw poll in early June.
The question today is whether Clinton's bump was short-lived, whether she got another one from the Benghazi hearings, or whether we have a new consistent normal. Vote, and let's find out!