Sanders surges past Hillary among college students

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1. In August Sanders increased lead over HRC from 9 to 28%

In an early August iteration of the poll, Sanders took the lead from Clinton by a 40 to 31 percent margin, and in a poll later that month, he was up 48 to 20 percent, while Clinton has been dogged by an FBI investigation into her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of State.

Only 6 percent of students identify as socialists, but that has not stopped them from supporting the avowed Democratic socialist.

Clinton also received the highest unfavorable rating in the Democratic field with 47 percent of college students holding negative views of the former first lady, earning her a net-negative score of 47-42 percent. Meanwhile, Sanders had the highest favorability rating of any candidate, Democratic or Republican, with 62 percent of students viewing him positively.

And while the article gratuitously mentions her ongoing email problems, that was not part of the poll of students. I give the students credit for having far more serious policy concerns influencing their choice to support Sanders. In other words, should the email brouhaha end tomorrow, it would not impact their choice of candidates.

These students vote, and they influence their family members' votes.