Poll: Bernie Sanders country's most popular active politician

[Donkees]

04/18/17 07:31 PM EDT

Excerpt:


Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) is the country’s most popular active politician, underscoring his importance to the Democratic Party as it seeks to rebuild in the wake of a disastrous 2016 election cycle.

Sanders is viewed favorably by 57 percent of registered voters, according to data from a Harvard-Harris survey provided exclusively to The Hill. Sanders is the only person in a field of 16 Trump administration officials or congressional leaders included in the survey who is viewed favorably by a majority of those polled.

Only 32 percent have a negative view of Sanders, including nearly two-thirds of Republicans.

Besides Republicans, though, Sanders is popular among broad swaths of the registered voting population.



Sanders is viewed favorably by 80 percent of registered Democrats, even though he has steadfastly refused to join the party whose presidential nominee he campaigned for.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/329404-poll-bernie-sanders-countrys-most-popular-active-politician

[Jim Lane]

1. This is a national poll, an important point.

A while back, some pollster released results for each Senator in his or her state. Bernie was more popular in Vermont than Warren was in Massachusetts or than Cruz was in Texas etc. This was touted by some as showing that Bernie was the most popular Senator, but IMO that phrasing of the result was misleading.

This result, on the other hand, really does show him to be the most popular politician nationwide, at least among all the politicians whom the poll respondents were asked to rate.

[JudyM]

2. Noteworthy that the highest approval % is among African Americans.