Former New York mayor and media magnate Michael Bloomberg is considering running for the White House later this year, according to an interview with the Financial Times published on the eve of the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. "I am looking at all the options," Bloomberg said.
"I find the level of discourse and discussion distressingly banal and an outrage and an insult to the voters," he added. Meanwhile opinion polls put Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders and Republican outsider Donald Trump in the lead in liberal New Hampshire in the second leg in the race to succeed Barack Obama in November. Last week the Iowa Caucus gave a narrow victory to Hillary Clinton for the Democrats and to Texas Senator Ted Cruz for the Republicans. In New Hampshire Trump was leading with 31% on the eve of the primary, followed by Marco Rubio with 15% and Cruz with 13%.
Ohio governor John Kasich was polling 11% and ex Florida governor Jeb Bush 10%. In the Democrat camp Sanders was polling 54% against Hillary's 40%.
However, opinion polls have often been proved incorrect in this swing state with a large number of independents or undecided among the voters.
The outcome of the New Hampshire primary is often decisive in the race for the White House, with seven out of ten Democrat and eight out of ten Republican winners here going on to become the official presidential candidate for their party.
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