Sanders and Clinton favorable/unfavorable polling trendlines

[Attorney in Texas]

[merrily]

1. Attorney in Texas, I recall being suspicious of your sincerity some months ago. You have proven me

wrong in that specific respect ever since. Please accept my sincere and humble apologies.

[Attorney in Texas]

3. thanks

[Thinkingabout]

2. Low unfavorable numbers for Sanders is because people doesn't know him.

[Scuba]

5. Nope, those folks are scored as "no opinion."

[AgingAmerican]

7. He has a positive message rooted in simple, undeniable truth

[Segami]

8. "Dishonest, Liar & Untrustworthy" is NOT associated with Bernie...

...But they're definitely associated with Hillary.

[Attorney in Texas]

21. Clinton's unpopularity with independents cannot be ignored if we want to win the general election.

[Doubledee]

12. the words, in my opinion

seem always absent from your pronouncements. Unfamiliarity with a candidate would seem to promote an unfavorable rating, or a no opinion response if available.

One might note that the high unfavorable opinion of the candidate you support with such zeal, rather too much of that and not enough dispassionate thought I think, Hillary Clinton, is because we know her far too well.

[senz]

22. High unfavorable numbers for Clinton b/c people know her.

[Hepburn]

4. These charts appear to prove up what I am hearing.

To a one, if Bernie gets the nomination, everyone I have spoken to will vote for him -- they do not see any Repuke as competing with him.

As to Hillary, I am hearing a lot of negatives -- even from my pals who are and were true blue Obama supporters. They do not like her. A few say that they will vote for the Repuke whoever that is and one says he will pass his vote rather then vote for Hillary or one of the Repukes.

Hillary's negatives appear to be that she is not trustworthy and, yes, the word "liar" has been used several times. I will note as well that not one person has mentioned that she is female as either negative or positive regarding her. What has been said by those who will vote for her is, in essence, "she's better than a Republican." Others see the "mainline" Republicans like Bush as winning their vote rather than Hillary.

IMO, those who ignore her high negatives should consider that she may not beat a Republican in the GE. While if she gets the nomination, I will hold my nose and vote for her, I wish she was not running because I do not believe she can or will win the GE.

JMHO

[Live and Learn]

11. Same here. nt

[brooklynite]

6. The Clinton unfavorable comes with all the known "baggage" factored in...

...Sanders has not been subjected to the scrutiny and bashing that the Republicans will dish out in the unlikely event he becomes the nominee, and his unfavorables will rise.

[ibegurpard]

9. And hers have no room to move

[bvar22]

10. Don't kid yourself.

AS a "socialist", Bernie has been "bashed" for 40 years.
He can handle it.

[Doitnow]

17. You can bet

that if there was one scrap of bad character associated with Bernie Sanders, it would be plastered all over the media. That's why the media goes to the extreme in ignoring him so far. Hilary gets the free publicity on t.v. because Repugs would rather she get the Dem nomination----she'd be easier by far to beat. The only attention Bernie will get would be when he finally leads (which I believe) will be slander and swift-boating by Repugs, not truth which, of course, is foreign to them.

[zentrum]

13. This is why

…so many of us fear the coronation. We need a candidate people can feel trust for, once we get to the General.

[Uncle Joe]

14. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Attorney in Texas.

[JDPriestly]

15. This is the most important measure for the November 2016 election.

Bernie is rising. Hillary is falling. People just do not like Hillary very much. It may be unfair but that is the way it is.

[cantbeserious]

16. Thank You For Sharing These Truths

eom

[Crystalite]

19. To be perfectly honest, the two candidates are like night and day:

And it becomes apparent why less exposure, like in debates, for Secretary Clinton is better.

She is almost too well known, hers is a universally known name and brand, and her base is huge but there's nowhere left to grow.

Sanders, on the other hand, has near zilch exposure and has at least the capacity to grow more favorable, or not, it's too soon to tell.

Clinton--- Unf + Fav = 93.3%; only 6.7% to move
Sanders-- Unf + Fav = 77.8%; there's 22.2% room for movement and since July more of the movement has been toward "favorable".
I predict a 50-55% versus 30-35% advantage to Sanders come March.

In other words, this is anything but a deadlock.

And only after continued exposure for Sanders (and Mike O'Malley) will we learn how these candidates all compare.

[GoneFishin]

20. K & R

[senz]

23. K&R - Thanks, Attorney in Texas!

[AtomicKitten]

24. Interesting side-by-side comparison.

I think this will play out in a way so far not reflected by polling which is all over the place and probably not very reliable.