By Ersha Kumar According to CBS News and a New York Times Poll about the Democratic Party nominations, 48% of democratic primary voters are in favor of seeing Hillary get the democratic nomination for president. However, if we rewind back to September of last year, Hillary was up another 10%. What happened in the past five months to knock Hillary down from having the majority of democratic voters under her thumb? Enter dark horse and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders. With only 8% of democratic voters backing him up at the beginning of last year, according to Quinnipiac University, his support has increased by 33%, putting him right behind Hillary. So this then begs the question: does Bernie Sanders really have a chance? Multiple high schoolers say yes. “The senator from Vermont has garnered a huge audience. Not only that, but his campaign is funded primarily on supporter donations. He has garnered well over 60 million dollars through his donations. In addition, his rallies have been some of the most impressive ones, drawing over 15,000 people at them,” says junior Andy Kucenski. “With influence like that, there's no doubt Sanders has a chance.” Junior Sarah Reinbrecht says, “I think it might be possible for him to win, and I think he’s definitely going to do better than anyone thought he would.” Although Sanders has a large audience standing behind him, he does have some major obstacles to overcome if he really wants a chance at being the next democratic presidential candidate. Sarah thinks his biggest challenge is overcoming the front runner of the Democratic primary election. “I still think Bernie has a long way to go to beat Hillary. She still seems like the most likely candidate.” Andy brings up a good point as well. “Convincing the DNC to back up his campaign at the same intensity as Hillary’s will be harder. However, Bernie has immense public support which will really help him in the long run.” With the first primaries coming up soon, the Democratic presidential candidate seems to be a bit unpredictable. With Hillary and Bernie going head to head for the candidacy, anything can happen.
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