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Clinton and Sanders tied nationally for first time

Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are tied nationally, after Clinton’s lead over Sanders vanished.

The new IBD/TIPP poll released today puts Sanders at 39 per cent, and Clinton at 43 per cent nationally, with a margin of error of 5.1 per cent, placing them in a statistical tie.

The last IBD/TIPP poll taken just a few months ago put Clinton ahead of Sanders by 18 per cent. Her lead over the Vermont Senator has now disappeared.

The poll also showed Clinton losing support in the Northeast, where she dropped by 14 points, and the West, where she dropped by 12 points. Senator Sanders now leads in both of those places, according to the poll.

Recent polling in the early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire have also been good news for Sanders.

Two NBC/WSJ/Marist polls released yesterday showed Sanders and Clinton in a statistical tie in both Iowa, and New Hampshire.

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New Bernie app empowers volunteers

Field the Bern, a new app that has been developed by the Sanders campaign, has been released to give volunteers the ability to canvass within minutes.

The app was launched in Apple’s app store on Monday, and was developed by grassroots supporters of Sanders, with Sanders’ campaign picking it up to allow it to send data collected by volunteers in the field to the campaign’s main database.

Sanders’ digital director Kenneth Pennington said they are helping online activists take their work to the streets.

“We’re taking advantage of real, distributed organizing, and giving volunteers the responsibility and leadership ability we know they can handle,” he said.

Volunteers who download the app are given information on how to canvass and sample scripts. They are then able to start knocking on doors and talking to voters, while sending the information they collect back to Sanders’ campaign.

You can currently download Field the Bern for free in Apple’s app store. It is expected to be released on Android shortly.

New Bernie app empowers volunteers

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