Ralston: Clinton Internal Poll Shows ‘Hemorrhaging’ Support in Nevada

HALL: “...Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton. So the state is known to be difficult to survey. And at this point, there’s no, quote, ‘reliable’ polling out of there. All of this with Nevada seen as critical ground for Clinton to win after Sanders landslide victory as we know, in New Hampshire last week. Joining me live now, Jon Ralston, who’s been covering Nevada politics for more than 25 years — he’s only 27. (Laughter) He’s the host of ‘Ralston Live,’ which airs state-wide, and he’s now an MSNBC political analyst. So happy to have you on the team, Jon. Let’s talk about the headlines right now. As we mentioned, there’s no, quote, ‘reliable’ polls right now that we are pointing to, but what do you see as the headline?”
RALSTON: “Well, the headline here is that Hillary, Tamron, had a huge head-start here. Her campaign started here last spring. They reached out to Latino community. They did a lot of events. She hired very, very smart, savvy operatives from 2008 here from the Clinton and Obama campaign. She’s had surrogates coming in. Sanders didn’t even arrive here until October, immediately had a campaign shake-up. Doesn’t have the same kind of people with imbued knowledge of Nevada, but clearly, there is momentum now for the Sanders campaign coming out of new — of the big New Hampshire win. It’s clear that Hillary Clinton’s internal polls show hemorrhaging here, which is why her campaign initially tried to lower expectations here. I still think that she has an organizational, institutional advantage. She has all of the unions accept the Culinary Union, which is staying neutral. SEIU just went on the air today, with Spanish language ads on TV and radio. But, I think they’re worried about Sanders’ momentum. He does have a lot of people on the ground, and remember, Tamron, there’s same-day registration for that caucus on Saturday. A lot of new voters are going to come into the mix. I think the Clinton campaign should be worried that those are Sanders voters.”