Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumPoll Shows Hillary Clinton Is Seen as More Likely Than Bernie Sanders to Be Effective
With the Democratic presidential nomination contest all but officially a two-person race, Hillary Rodham Clinton appears vastly better positioned than Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont to persuade party primary voters that she would be more effective at passing her agenda and dealing with international crises, according to a New York Times/CBS News survey released Thursday.
Mrs. Clinton even undercuts Mr. Sanders on his core political message, with 62 percent of Democratic primary voters saying she could bring about real change in Washington, compared with 51 percent for Mr. Sanders.
The promise of change, always a popular lure in politics, is at the heart of a striking paradox in the Democratic race. Democratic primary voters say that the ability to deliver needed change is the most important quality they seek in a candidate, and Mr. Sanderss popularity is highest with voters who want change. Yet 60 percent of Democrats also want their nominee to continue President Obamas policies, and these voters support Mrs. Clinton over Mr. Sanders by about a 2-to-1 margin.
This advantage for Mrs. Clinton may reflect all-around skepticism that Mr. Sanderss leftist candidacy can prevail: Her partys primary voters expect Mrs. Clinton to be their eventual nominee by more than a 4-to-1 margin over Mr. Sanders.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/13/us/politics/poll-shows-hillary-clinton-is-seen-as-more-likely-than-bernie-sanders-to-be-effective.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur
Cha
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Yes! Too bad for berni that President Obama is so popular.. that puts him in such an awkward position since he spent so much time working against him and called for him to be primaried in 2012.
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Tommy2Tone
(1,307 posts)Aren't we?