TULSA — Oklahomans go to the polls on Super Tuesday for the state's presidential preferential primary, and the latest polling shows former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg with a solid lead over the early national front runner, Senator Bernie Sanders.
Bloomberg's campaign has adopted the unique strategy of skipping the early states (Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina) in favor of a media blitz and heavy focus on Super Tuesday states, including Oklahoma.
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He's scheduled a campaign rally in Oklahoma City for Thursday at 3:00 p.m., just hours after early voting begins in Oklahoma.
Monday, his campaign announced a third visit to Oklahoma this year.
In a Sooner Survey Poll released last Tuesday, Bloomberg polls at 20% among likely Democratic voters with a history of voting in primaries.
Sanders comes in second with 14% in the same category.
Overall, the poll indicates Bloomberg ahead among all eligible Democratic primary voters in Oklahoma with 18%; Sanders still comes in second in that category, but much closer, polling at 17%.