Presidential Polls 2016: Senator Bernie Sanders edges ahead of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire; Donald Trump gets strongest numbers to date in Iowa and NH

(REUTERS/MIKE SEGAR)U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

It's post-Labor Day weekend and the 2016 Presidential race is expected to go full gear as candidates start going through their campaign trail. And if early polls are correct, then it will still be a race to beat Donald Trump.

The year 2016 comes early for primary states and presidential candidates are latching on to them. Six of these candidates — four Republicans and two Democrats — kick off their unofficial campaign in the state of New Hampshire.

One of these six candidates have placed top in the New Hampshire polls, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Sanders has bagged a 49 percent lead versus usual Democrat frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, who only came out with 38 percent. This was a complete reversal of numbers two months ago, when Clinton had a 13 percent lead over Sanders.

This is why Sanders is covering NH as early as he can. In a statement reported by CBS, the Sanders campaign explained, "The more voters get to know Bernie, the better they like him."

Clinton, however, does not seem bothered. Instead of focusing on Sanders lead over her, she took to criticizing Republican frontrunner, Trump, calling his ideas "ridiculous" and saying they do not belong in this election.

Trump was not going to take all these sitting down. In a Twitter post, the presidential candidate said, "Hillary said such nasty things about me, read directly off her teleprompter...but there was no emotion, no truth. Just can't read speeches!"

The Republican still has a stronghold in the polls. He has just gotten the strongest poll numbers to date in early primary states Iowa and New Hampshire. Republicans in Iowa have given Trump a 29 percent edge and in New Hampshire, 28 percent.

Based on several speculations and early predictions, the presidential race will most likely end up between Democrat Clinton and Republican Trump. The latter will most likely win by five points, at least in Iowa, according to a mock election.

The race is still long and things may still change. Iowa caucuses happens in 147 days and New Hampshire primary in 155.

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