Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersJacobin editor: Primarying Schumer would force him to fight Trump's SCOTUS nominee Trump campaign plays up Biden's skills ahead of Cleveland debate: 'He's actually quite good' Young voters backing Biden by 2:1 margin: poll MORE (I-Vt.) said Thursday that his presidential campaign plans to start putting more resources in states beyond Iowa and New Hampshire.



Sanders said the strategy is focused on a slew of primary elections around the country on March 1 known as Super Tuesday.

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He made the comments when asked at a press conference about a Quinnipiac poll released Thursday showing him ahead of Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJoe Biden looks to expand election battleground into Trump country Biden leads Trump by 12 points among Catholic voters: poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden goes on offense MORE by 1 percentage point in Iowa. Other polls have shown Sanders with a lead in New Hampshire.



“I think we have a whole lot of momentum in this campaign,” Sanders said. “What we are now going to be doing is starting to put some resources in states beyond Iowa, beyond New Hampshire, states that will be coming up on Super Tuesday, and all I can tell you at this point is we’re feeling pretty good.”



Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination in national polls, is already focusing on the states beyond Iowa and New Hampshire, particularly Southern states.



“She made it very clear to me that we could not take anything for granted, and that while we needed to understand the importance of being successful in Iowa and New Hampshire and Nevada and South Carolina, we needed a strategy that could endure any sort of challenge,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told The New York Times this month. “I think she was very clairvoyant from the start that this would be a competitive race.”



When Sanders was asked Thursday if his improved standing in the polls reflects a “weariness” among voters about Clinton’s email controversy, Sanders responded, “No.”



He said his campaign is resonating because voters are concerned that “the middle class of this country is disappearing.”