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Jarqui

(10,110 posts)
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:54 PM Feb 2016

AP-GfK Poll: Voters increasingly see Sanders as electable

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The more Democrats learn about Bernie Sanders, the more they appear to like him.

A greater percentage of Democratic registered voters view the Vermont senator as likable, honest, competent and compassionate than they did just two months ago, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. Seventy-two percent now believe he could win the general election, a 21 percentage point increase from the last time the survey was conducted in December.

The findings underscore the challenge facing Hillary Clinton as she enters the Democratic contest's pivotal spring stretch, when primaries across the country mean that many of the party's voters will finally get their say on her candidacy.

Clinton's campaign has argued that as voters learned more about his record, Sanders will begin to lose support. Instead, it seems that as Sanders has gotten more scrutiny, support for him has only grown. While Clinton continues to be the Democratic candidate who's most well-liked within her own party, Sanders is gaining on her.


I've seen that improving with other pollsters as well.

I'm now feeling pretty comfortable saying if Bernie had more time, he would beat Hillary.

Right now, they have a lot of states between now and March 1 they have to catch up in. I don't think SC is one of them. If Bernie wins Nevada, Hillary has a real problem. Close would be ok as Nate Silver said but win and he goes up in the Super Tuesday polls - which I think he needs.
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AP-GfK Poll: Voters increasingly see Sanders as electable (Original Post) Jarqui Feb 2016 OP
uh-oh Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #1
(smiley emoticon) nt Jarqui Feb 2016 #2
Woodrow Benford, 58, who lives outside Minneapolis, says Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #3
Unless you were from New England tk2kewl Feb 2016 #5
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Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts)
3. Woodrow Benford, 58, who lives outside Minneapolis, says
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:59 PM
Feb 2016


from the article

Woodrow Benford, 58, who lives outside Minneapolis, says he didn't know much about Sanders before he announced his presidential bid, but now Benford plans to caucus for him on March 1.
 

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)
5. Unless you were from New England
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 04:12 PM
Feb 2016

Last edited Fri Feb 19, 2016, 05:22 PM - Edit history (1)

or an antiwar or OWS activist, you probably never heard of Bernie, or if you did you only knew of him as the only guy with an (I) after his name

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