Bernie Sanders has been in the middle of every spat and squabble in the past few weeks of the Democratic presidential primary — and it seems to be working for him.
Sanders has surged in the handful of public polls out this week, a bounce that’s coming just at the right time for the Vermont senator, with voting set to begin soon in Iowa and other states. A CNN/SSRS national poll showed Sanders narrowly overtaking Joe Biden among Democratic voters for the first time. In New Hampshire — the site of a blowout primary win for Sanders in 2016 — a new poll shows him with a large plurality lead over the 2020 field.