Democrats Name Clinton The Debate Winner In HuffPost/YouGov Poll

[applegrove]

Democrats Name Clinton The Debate Winner In HuffPost/YouGov Poll

by Natalie Jackson and Ariel Edwards-Levy at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/huffpost-yougov-poll-democratic-debate_56203935e4b06462a13b8449

"SNIP..............


Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate on CNN did what debates usually do, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. It allowed the two leading candidates to make a positive impression on an audience of millions.

More critically, however, the debate allowed front-runner Hillary Clinton to boost her standing among a far bigger base of support, making her the clear winner in the eyes of most Democratic voters.

A 55 percent majority of registered Democratic voters who watched the debate said Clinton won. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who saw a surge in online interest and fundraising, was a distant second, with only 22 percent saying he was the best of the night.

Clinton also saw an uptick in the proportion of Democrats who say they want her to be the party's presidential nominee. Before the debate, 44 percent of registered Democrats said they wanted Clinton to be the nominee. After the debate, the figure had risen to 52 percent.



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[applegrove]

1. The people doing the online polls may be the young and the internet connected. I'm sure they favor

Sanders.

[reformist2]

2. The first question was weird, asking everyone if they thought Hillary should be the nominee.

The first question should have been, did you watch the debate - if so, who do you think won it?

[mr_liberal]

3. This is just Democrats too

You need independents and moderate Republicans to win a GE. And I relay doubt theyre going to be big on causing a socialist revolution and making the US more like Denmark.

[zalinda]

4. Except

that they do. Bernie has probably more Indies and repubs than Hillary could ever dream of having, and they are excited about him. Those who even bother to vote, will hold their nose and vote for Hillary, just so a crazy repub won't get in.

Z

[JRLeft]

5. Only 14% of the people polled watched the debate.

[Historic NY]

6. LOL around 61 % don't want more debates.....

man the DNC has to jazz up things...

[kenn3d]

7. Asked of those who watched at least clips or highlights of the debate?

3. Democratic Debate Winner
Which candidate do you think did the best job – or won – the debate?
Asked of those who watched at least clips or highlights of the debate

Clips or highlights selectively edited and promoted by MSM pundits in their totally objective and thoroughly documented "Hillary Won the Debate" reporting.

This scientific methodology might explain the outlier results as compared to all the other self-selected internet polls out there.

It's all very amusing indeed.

[applegrove]

9. What does 'self-selected' mean. Cause everyone knows that internet

polls are notoriously wrong and often mobbed by trolls to skew them.

[stevenleser]

8. Now we have a second scientific poll that shows Hillary won by around 30 points. nt