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2016 Postmortem

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2. He polls better because the public at large doesn't know who he is.

Reply to Attorney in Texas (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2016, 01:57 PM

Mar 2016

There is a natural disdain for politicians. Candidate X will always beat a known quantity. Once candidate X is filled in with a known quantity the numbers change. Often drastically. Why is this political fact so difficult for Sanders supporters to understand?

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"In Nearly Every Blue, Purple, and Light-Red State, Bernie Sanders Polls Better Against Trump..." [View all] Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 OP

K & R AzDar Mar 2016 #1

He polls better because the public at large doesn't know who he is. aaaaaa5a Mar 2016 #2

Link to evidence, please, if you have it. Or is this a matter of opinion? JudyM Mar 2016 #4

The public at large DOES know who he is. senz Mar 2016 #5

i suspect, by now, "the public at large" thinks they know at least something about who he is 0rganism Mar 2016 #6

This assertion is completely ridiculous Lorien Mar 2016 #8

Your argument is no longer valid. Sanders is much better known than he was a year ago. Jim Lane Mar 2016 #11

Come on. National polls always show Bernie doing better than Hillary against Trump. senz Mar 2016 #3

Yep. And while Hillary fans scream that we must unite to defeat Trump Lorien Mar 2016 #9

So win a big delegate haul. Codeine Mar 2016 #7

End the media blackout and election shenanigans Lorien Mar 2016 #10