LANDSLIDE: MoveOn Members Endorse Bernie Sanders

The membership of the progressive activism group MoveOn has overwhelmingly voted to endorse Bernie Sanders. Politico reports:

The Vermont senator prevailed in online balloting that ran from last Thursday through Sunday night, winning 78.6 percent of the vote out of 340,665 ballots cast — both records in terms of most votes cast and largest margin of victory. Just 14.6 percent voted for Hillary Clinton, and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley earned 0.9 percent, with 5.9 percent of ballots in favor of not endorsing a particular candidate this time.

“This is a massive vote in favor of Bernie Sanders, showing that grassroots progressives across the country are excited and inspired by his message and track record of standing up to big money and corporate interests to reclaim our democracy for the American people,” MoveOn.org Political Action Executive Director Ilya Sheyman said in a statement. “MoveOn members are feeling the Bern. We will mobilize aggressively to add our collective people power to the growing movement behind the Sanders campaign, starting with a focus on voter turnout in Iowa and New Hampshire.”

Today’s MoveOn news comes as Sanders soars to a 14-point lead in New Hampshire.

A Monmouth University poll out Tuesday finds the Vermont senator ahead of Clinton by 14 points, 53 percent to Clinton’s 39 percent, one month ahead of the state’s Feb. 9 primary. Just a couple months ago in November’s Monmouth poll, Clinton and Sanders were virtually neck-and-neck, with Clinton only a few points ahead of Sanders, 48 percent to 45 percent.

New Hampshire voters seem pretty certain they’ve made up their minds, too. A majority of New Hampshire voters — 52 percent — say they’ve made their final decision of who they’ll vote for in the primary. Moreover, while 55 percent of Sanders’ supporters say they’re sure about their choice, only 49 percent of Clinton’s supporters stay the same.