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Donald Trump may be winning the television ratings, but Bernie Sanders is winning the polls.

In a stunning Dec. 22 national poll, Sanders beat Trump by 13 points — 51 per cent to 38 per cent, a landslide. This is no fluke: Sanders has won 12 out of 17 national polls in the past few weeks, including four by significant margins of between nine points and 13. He even outvotes Hillary, who also beats Trump.

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And yet, many think Sanders has no shot at the Democratic nomination, much less the White House. They think he’s too left, too old, too unknown.

Everyone should think again.

Trump is paving the way for Sanders to win and so is the rising dissatisfaction among voters toward traditional politics.

Subtext to this is that polls show that a majority of Americans agree on major issues — from abortion to capital punishment and gun controls — with Europeans and Canadians. And yet nothing changes. Americans are disgusted with the political system, growing income disparity, financial corruption in Congress and the partisan media circus.