2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Most Hillary voters back her as a vote against the alternative rather than as a vote for her [View all]
NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey April 10-14
(Prior question: "Thinking again about the 2016 presidential election... if the election for president were held today, and Donald Trump were the Republican candidate and Hillary Clinton were the Democratic candidate, for whom would you vote?"
Next question: "Are you voting for that person more because you want that person to be president...or...more because you do NOT want the other person to be president?"
50% of registered voters who back Hillary say it's more because they don't want Trump
33% of registered voters who back Hillary say it's more because they want Hillary
Asked earlier in the same survey--
Among registered voters overall
58% could NOT see themselves supporting Hillary Clinton
48% could NOT see themselves supporting Bernie Sanders
41% could see themselves supporting Hillary Clinton
49% could see themselves supporting Bernie Sanders
31% could see themselves supporting Donald Trump
68% could NOT see themselves supporting Donald Trump
Among registered voters who had or were planning to vote in the Dem primary:
78% could see themselves supporting Hillary (21% could not)
78% could see themselves supporting Bernie (21% could not)
http://www.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/16229NBCWSJApril2016Poll.pdf
Take Home Message:
Bernie is the more electable candidate among registered voters of all political persuasians.