HAMDEN, Conn., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- New polling shows that if former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ran for president as a third party candidate, he would bleed away votes from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
The poll, released Friday by Quinnippiac University showed if Bloomberg was a third party candidate in a race between Sanders and Republican front-runner Donald Trump, Bloomberg would garner 15 percent of the vote. Sanders would grab 35 percent of the vote, giving Trump a narrow edge over Sanders with 36 percent.