Statement·other·said 2020-01-09
“National polls have never predicted who will be president from our party. Carter was in the single digits a few months before caucuses. Bill Clinton was. Obama was 20 points behind in the national polls roughly.”
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Verdict
Trueby PolitiFact
2020-02-06Reasoning
From 1972 through 2016, only 3 of 10 nonincumbent Democratic nominees led national polls months before Iowa caucuses; none of those three (Mondale, Gore, Clinton) won the presidency. Carter, Clinton, and Obama all trailed in early national polls before winning both nomination and presidency.
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