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Fri Nov 20, 2015, 02:15 PM Nov 2015

Clinton Opens 25-Point Lead on Sanders in Bloomberg Politics National Poll

“What I see is a candidate that, before, was sort of teetering,” said J. Ann Selzer, whose firm conducted the poll, “There was this undercurrent of, ‘Things were not as solid as you think.’” Now, Clinton is not only leading the race for the Democratic nomination, but “has a solid majority saying, ‘She’s my choice.' She wasn’t close to that before,” Selzer added. “It’s not like she’s put together a fragile coalition. She’s strong across the board.”

Since the last Bloomberg Politics National Poll, Clinton has faced her chief rivals, Sanders and former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, in two nationally televised debates and won positive reviews for her performance during a daylong grilling by Republicans investigating her handling of 2012 terror attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead, including a U.S. ambassador. Clinton was secretary of state at the time.

Asked to compare her personal and professional qualities to those of Sanders, Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters in the survey preferred Clinton by about 3-to-1 or higher ratios in a number of key areas: combating Islamic terrorism, having the life experience to be president, and knowing how to get things done in office.

Meanwhile, 46 percent of Clinton’s supporters say they can’t be persuaded by another candidate, compared with 36 percent of Sanders’s backers. While Sanders does better with men than he does with women, Clinton nonetheless has a 3-percentage-points among male voters.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-11-20/bloomberg-politics-national-democratic-poll-november-2015#media-3

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Clinton Opens 25-Point Lead on Sanders in Bloomberg Politics National Poll (Original Post) Historic NY Nov 2015 OP
Yes! shenmue Nov 2015 #1
"More Debates" please. Tarheel_Dem Nov 2015 #2
Yes, the debates has been Hillary's friend, maybe she can get DNC to help with her strong points. Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #3
thank you, HNY Cha Nov 2015 #4
I loved her in the last debate. Starry Messenger Nov 2015 #5
So the Bernie fairy tale is just about over. OhZone Nov 2015 #6
A few more middle school polls could shake it out for him. Historic NY Nov 2015 #7

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5. I loved her in the last debate.
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 07:55 PM
Nov 2015

She came prepared for shenanigans, and both of the other candidates looked like their stuffing was leaking out afterwards.

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