Clinton's Support Slides Ahead Of First Democratic Debate
Source: Associated Press
Reuters By By Alana Wise | Reuters 6 hours ago
By Alana Wise
(Reuters) - Just days before she will take the stage in the first Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton's lead over rival Bernie Sanders has narrowed, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Clinton's support among Democratic voters fell 10 points within less than a week.
From October 4 to October 9, Clinton saw her support tumble from 51 percent of Democratic support to just 41 percent.
Her nearest competitors, Vermont Senator Sanders and Vice President of the U.S. Joe Biden, who has yet to decide whether he will run, both made gains. Support for Sanders jumped from just over 24 percent to 28 percent, and Biden rose from 16 percent to a even 20 percent in the same time period.
Read more: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/clintons-support-slides-ahead-first-democratic-debate-221936118.html
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)applegrove
(118,778 posts)as Bill Maher said on his show tonight, you wouldn't want a president who wasn't calculating.
delrem
(9,688 posts)Demeter
(85,373 posts)What point is there in hiring a dyscalculiac for President?
dys·cal·cu·li·a: severe difficulty in making arithmetical calculations, as a result of brain disorder.
Only this disorder is in the heart and mind, I think.
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)No. I don't.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)And not just on behalf of themselves and their rich buddies.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)... necessitate working AGAINST Wall Street and the global financial elite by not giving them everything their greedy hearts desire then I might welcome that President.
That is not the case in HRC's situation. She's playing us (not the financial elite) in my opinion.
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)"Calculating" and "lying sack of shit" are distinct characteristics.
Someone who thinks it's the same to be canny as to be a liar (at any rate, a person incapable of caring what's true and what's not) is a good definition of a sociopath.
Birds of a feather!
moonscape
(4,673 posts)didn't =know how= to calculate ... such as stupid like the Repubs
marym625
(17,997 posts)It's too much, this sudden change of support/disagreement on so many important issues right before the debate. People are seeing through it.
That and the more people are of Sanders, the more they love him
#FeelTheBern
Divernan
(15,480 posts)That ten points, from 51 to 41 represents TWENTY PERCENT OF HER SUPPORTERS, in less than one week. The comments following the article rip her to absolute shreds, which is exactly what would happen to her as the Democratic candidate in the general election. The comments are much more focused on her perceived lack of consistency, honesty, humility and integrity than on the email controversy.
Her falling numbers are quite astounding, considering how high her ratings were when she started pouring all the millions she's had at her disposal into her campaign. It's like some nouveau riche arriviste has bought a huge mansion, but lacks the self-confidence to furnish/decorate it herself, or even settle on one designer. So she hires a different consultant for each room and the result is elaborate, ostentatious chaos.
The Clintons have a more-is-better view of life. More consultants, more unpaid "interns", more posh fundraising soirees, more private jet travel, etc. Quantity over quality. Style over substance.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)"if there's a sizzle there has to be a steak. VOTE STEAK" since even the late 80s
craigmatic
(4,510 posts)enough to cover up for her short comings. On the bright side if she manages to win she'll probably be tough enough to give republicans hell still I just don't trust her on the issues not to turn her back on her base.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)similar to the last 7 years.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)If she wins, we'll see a lot of 'working across the aisle', with more crap sandwiches hailed as significant 'victories' and a continuation of trickle-down policies. Oh, and more war.
Laser102
(816 posts)Reter
(2,188 posts)First primaries are in January.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)She's gonna drop like a rock.
madokie
(51,076 posts)if I was a betting man I'd bet the farm on that.
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)SylviaD
(721 posts)Purveyor
(29,876 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)You really think the KKKlown KKKar can beat her?
Which member, exactly?
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)still_one
(92,396 posts)Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)Criminee, that campaign isn't leaking, it's hemorrhaging. ONE week? I honestly have never seen a campaign in a free fall like this. This won't get better for her. It's almost certain Biden will have to jump in how if the DNC is going to save their Paid Shill program.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)All this "Will He...Won't He" and broadcasting his "grief issues" (valid as they are) is starting to get on people's nerves, though.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)but I'm beginning to think he's only going to enter the race if HRC implodes. He probably doesn't see the point of 2 centrists running against each other, and frankly, I don't really think he wants it. I think Beau's deathbed request may be the only reason he's even considering it
The one thing I'll say for him is that I don't think the GOP hates him like they hate Hillary; that white hot burning hate of a thousand suns.
Faux pas
(14,690 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....Sanders' "slide"? He was at 30% in this poll a few weeks ago.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll is all over the place, and they release a "rolling average" every few days. Not accurate at all.
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)It's about people being informed by the media that maybe the media was less than 100% correct about Secretary Clinton being inevitable. It's now OK for people to listen to other candidates, who, by the way, are actively campaigning.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)and adapting her campaign to be what she thinks people want. she is willing to talk like she set aside her procorporate attitudes temporarily and pretend to support what the progressives want
jeez, how picky can some people be?
(in case there were any doubts)
azmom
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