2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders Favorability Ratings Skyrocketed During the Past Two Weeks
Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders saw upticks in their favorability ratings, according to the latest poll conducted by Google Consumer Surveys for IJ.com, but Clintons small gains have been overshadowed by a leap from Sanders.
Senator Sanders has seen a jump from 36% to 44% favorability rating among very likely voters polled:

While Sanders was winning big following the CNN debate, Hillary Clinton inched forward, too.
Heres what her most recent favorables look like:

The Google Consumer Surveys favorability tracking poll for IJ.com is conducted every two weeks. The most recent poll had 2,141 respondents from a nationwide sample.
https://www.ijreview.com/2015/10/449123-prez-candidate-seeing-biggest-uptick-favorability-answer-will-surprise-conservatives/

sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)they are impressed.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Samantha
(9,314 posts)The only thing holding him back is a lack of exposure in certain parts of the Country. Once he starts advertising, that will change.
Sam
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)It's not a random sample and they don't weight by party affiliation, gender, race etc.
It's basically a web ad which appears on websites and people click the ad.
thesquanderer
(12,472 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)People who are motivated to click on the the survey will be over-represented, much like an internet poll.
A random phone sample randomly dials phone numbers in a given geography in order to seek out respondents.
Also, the google survey doesn't control for demographics.
thesquanderer
(12,472 posts)Some people are motivated to click on the survey when it appears on their screen, others no.
Some people agree to a phone poll when they get the call, others say no.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)or polling 400 people and calling it fact
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Imagine what Bernie's numbers would have looked like if we would have had 14 debates by this time of the year, like we did back in 2007!
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)murielm99
(31,644 posts)I don't see any skyrockets there.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)Response to kenn3d (Original post)
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