Sanders ties Clinton in national poll

[pdsimdars]

Sanders ties Clinton in national poll

By Nick Gass

03/24/16 06:21 AM EDT

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are effectively tied among Democratic voters, according to the results of a Bloomberg Politics poll released Thursday.

Of the 311 people who indicated that they have voted or will vote in their state's Democratic primary or caucus, 49 percent said they support Sanders, while 48 percent indicated that they prefer Clinton and the remaining 3 percent said they are not sure.

In terms of the candidates' individual qualities and positions, Clinton generally outdrew Sanders on issues related to foreign policy, Congress, effectiveness and temperament, while majorities gave the Vermont senator higher marks for fighting hard for the middle class, honesty and trustworthiness and reining in Wall Street institutions.

Asked about a series of concerns for both candidates, majorities said they were neither bothered by the FBI investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server (35 percent to 64 percent) nor by the fact that her support is largely concentrated among older voters (24 percent to 75 percent). On the other hand, voters were split on her changing views on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (46 percent bothered to 48 percent unbothered) and a majority said her paid speeches to Wall Street firms were a concern (54 percent to 45 percent).

For Sanders, majorities said his self-description as a "democratic socialist" did not bother him, nor do his frequent mentions of income inequality or the fact that his support is concentrated among younger voters. On the other hand, 60 percent to 39 percent said they were bothered by his lack of foreign policy experience.

In a series of hypothetical matchups with Republican opponents, Clinton and Sanders hold varying leads over both Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, though only Sanders earned more support than Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who led Clinton by four points.

Selzer & Co. conducted the poll from March 19-22, surveying 1,000 adults nationwide with an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. For the Democratic subsample, the margin of error is plus or minus 5.6 percentage points.


http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/poll-who-is-winning-democratic-race-221185

[pdsimdars]

1. Finally getting his name out there. It took a long time to catch up to Hillary's decades long lead

[Segami]

2. And to think he started at 4% in the polls against a well known Clinton

[Bad Dog]

3. Thanks for that.

What DU needs is a lot more polls.

[pdsimdars]

4. I guess some of us are interested in what the voters think rather than more opinions

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, pdsimdars.

[DrDan]

6. shame he is not running against her in an election that mirrors that poll

until that happens, she is winning big-time

[pdsimdars]

7. But the really important thing is that

In the General Election, where we really need to win . . . she has the LEAST chance of winning. Bernie does much better.
But you obviously don't care about DEMOCRATS winning, just HILLARY winning.

[Dem2]

8. In that poll she beats Trump by 18 points!

Yes, Bernie beats Trump by 24 points. And they both trounce Cruz.

I don't really see your point.

[DrDan]

9. that is not how this works - vote for your choice in the primary, them we move on the the GE

a poll does not decide the nominee - votes do

[pdsimdars]

10. exactly, but for MONTHS Hillary supporters have been siting the GE as a reason to vote for Hillary

If they were REALLY concerned about the GE, they would have been supporting Bernie months ago when he was winning all the polls against all their candidates, and she was losing against ALL their candidates.
You'd think if they were really that concerned, they would have wanted to go with the winning candidate. But they didn't do that did they?
And yet they kept telling Bernie supporters to do it. Pretty much hypocrisy. And that again doesn't say much for integrity.

[AzDar]

11. Go, Bernie...GO!!

[Cali_Democrat]

12. Too little too late

Bernie is behind in the big states coming up (NY, PA, CA).

It was a fun ride, but now it's coming to an end.

Sorry, Berns.