Ads and countless hand shakes. But now the real race for the president begins. The Iowa Caucuses 24 hours from now. A late poll has the democratic race clinton versus sanders a tossup. As for the republicans, trump and then cruz and on the ground, getting out the vote is where this first in the nation battle will be won. Our team is in the thick of it tonight. Lets start with nbcs kristen welker. Lester, good evening. Tonight both campaigns tell me theyre expecting this to be close. There have been tens of thousands of tv ads. Phone calls and door knocks. Now it come down to turnout and the final pitch from the candidates. Its the homestretch. Hihiary clinton and Bernie Sanders blanketing iowa. A fight for the number one spot in a race likely to be a photo finish. Monday night could be an historic night we can make history. Lets start a storm of Movement Toward the future that w w want to make together reporter just hours before voters caucus, clinton and sanders in a statistical dead
The Campaign Announced it raised 20 million in january alone and says lit have enough funds to stay in the race for the long haul. They tell nbc news they expect to be close. Nbcs Kristen Welker is in iowa with more. Reporter its the home stretch. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders blanketing iowa, a fight for the number one spot in a race likely to be a photo finish. Monday nietght could be a historic night for this country. We can make history. Lets start a storm of a future we make together. Reporter just hours before clinton and sanders in a dead heed. 42 to 45 in the polling. Teams of volunteers and organizers knocking on doors one last time making sure every where their caucus location is and how theyll get there. And the Clinton Campaign allowing nbc aen exclusive lieu at their specially developed app which is like a caucus night calculator. It allows us to stream our process and allow our precinct captains move through the processes. Theyre spending less time calculating and mo
Closer than ever. The final poll shows donald five points. The democratic side is even Hillary Clinton ahead of Bernie Sanders by just 3 , a dead heat within the margin of error. Although not everythings rosy for frontrunner, the unfavor built average shows three out of every five americans, 60 view trump unfavorably. Thats the highest president ial rating for a president ial candidate since 1992 while Hillary Clinton currently has the highest. 52 of americans have a negative view of the former secretary of state. I guess what they say, love and hate are synonymous are true on this. On the plus side clinton did get a huge endorsement over the New York Times which calls the secretary of state, quote, one of the the most brotdly and deeply qualified president ial candidates in modern history. Kasich. Quote, even though hes the underdog hes the only plausible choice for the republicans. Clinton continued her push late last night making her appearance on stage with husband bill and daughte
For the frontrunners. Gallops most recent biweekly unfavorability average shows that three out of every five americans, 60 view trump unfavorably. Thats the highest negative rating for a president ial candidate since at least 1992. While Hillary Clinton currently has the third highest, 52 of americans have a negative view of the former secretary of state. Clinton did get a huge endorsement over the weekend from the new york times. Called the former secretary of state, quote, one of the most broadly and deeply qualified president ial candidates in modern history. The paper also endorsed john kasich saying even though hes an underdog, hes, quote, the only plausible choice for republicans. Clinton continued her push late last night, making a rare appearance on stage with her husband bill and daughter chelsea, both of whom normally stump separately, while Bernie Sanders continues to garner support with the Younger Voters and raise money. The Campaign Announced it raised 20 million in janua
The paper also endorses john kasich. Quote, even though hes the underdog hes the only plausible choice for the republicans. Clinton continued her push late last night making her appearance on stage with husband bill and daughter chelsea normally who stump separately while Bernie Sanders continues to garner support from Younger Voters and raise money. The Campaign Announced it raised 20 million in january alone and says lit have enough funds to stay in the race for the long haul. They tell nbc news they expect to be close. Nbcs Kristen Welker is in iowa with more. Reporter its the home stretch. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders blanketing iowa, a fight for the number one spot in a race likely to be a photo finish. Monday nietght could be a historic night for this country. Lets start a storm of a future we make together. Reporter just hours before clinton and sanders in a dead heed. 42 to 45 in the polling. Teams of volunteers and organizers knocking on doors one last time making sure e