clinton vs. sanders your vote? — Page 65

I simply just do not understand how anyone can be so STUPID to vote for her and trust her! She is such a dirty slime bag, and will continue dragging this country down as Obummer has done for the past 7 years.

I would vote for Sanders if he was the nominee, but I sure as hell hope he is not.

He will be destroyed in the general election. And the Republicans are (literally) praying that he is the nominee, as he is the best shot they have at getting one of their own troglodytes elected.

BrerBear said: "I would vote for Sanders if he was the nominee, but I sure as hell hope he is not.

He will be destroyed in the general election. And the Republicans are (literally) praying that he is the nominee, as he is the best shot they have at getting one of their own troglodytes elected."

That myth has been busted.

Polls: Bernie Sanders Outperforms Clinton In General Election Matchups

“Bernie Sanders can’t win the general election” has been a rallying cry of his critics since Sanders entered the presidential primary race last April. In an election where a Republican victory could mean the end of federal funding for Planned Parenthood, a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the appointment of several conservative Supreme Court Justices, and a good old-fashioned grab bag of random political lunacy, suggesting that Sanders simply can’t beat any Republican in the general election is a powerful—if perhaps cynical—argument. The prospect is so troubling that it’s even got some Sanders supporters anxious about voting for him, which could compel them to vote for Clinton in the primary instead.

There’s one major problem with this line of thinking: The numbers don’t support it.

A New York Times roundup of recent results from the battleground states of Iowa and New Hampshire shows Bernie Sanders outperforming Hillary Clinton among registered voters in hypothetical general-election polling matchups. According to The Times, Sanders would defeat Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio, the three leading Republican candidates, in New Hampshire. In Iowa he leads Trump and Cruz and is tied with Rubio.

The results are due in part to Sanders being “buoyed by the support of independent voters.” Attracting independent voters and bringing new people, such as young voters, to the polls is crucial to winning a general election. While Clinton currently leads Sanders among Democratic voters in the primary race, Sanders excels among young voters and Democrat-leaning independents, in some polls by over 20 percent in each of those demographics, potentially giving him an edge in swing states and the broader general election.

Haven't you guys learned by now that it appears when you say its name?

Hooray! Best wishes! Moving on...

The first two weeks of February will be marked by Bernie Mania, as the media--right, left and center--all inflate the meaning of winning Iowa on 2/1 and New Hampshire on 2/9.

But then--surprise, surprise!--she will take Nevada on 2/20 and South Carolina on 2/29 and the 12 states whose primaries fall on Super Tuesday on March 1st. None of those polls showing Bernie ahead show him winning any of the 14 primaries. And then the 11 primaries over the next two weeks--and the polls for all of those states show Hillary winning.

But for some reason, Iowa and New Hampshire are the only ones the media look to. Hmm,,,

And then by mid-March, she will be the nominee and the media will say, "How did that happen?"

No, it doesn't.

PJ, explain the fact that Bernie does better head to head against Republicans than Clinton in polls. You are ignoring the revile the right has for her.

The Right doesn't revile her. The right-wing media fears her, but conservatives don't revile her any longer.

The only people who revile her are the white male Left.

I'm prepared to live through the media tsunami of January and February, but Hillary will be the nominee come Super Tuesday.

""Revile" isn't a noun now, is it? Everything's changing so quickly today."

Oops!

It's just hype.