Clinton 44%, Sanders 42% in Quinnipiac national poll

[Cheese Sandwich]

February 17, 2016

"Clinton, Sanders Locked In A Tie Among Democrats"...

In the Democratic race nationwide, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has 44 percent, with Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont at 42 percent, and 11 percent undecided, unchanged from February 5...

The Democratic gender gap is shrinking as women back Clinton over Sanders 47 - 41 percent while men back Sanders 44 - 40 percent. Clinton would have a good chance of winning in November, 83 percent of Democrats say, compared to 69 percent who say Sanders has a good chance.

Looking at key characteristics among Democratic voters:
93 percent say Clinton has the right kind of experience to be president, compared to 74 percent for Sanders;
87 percent say Sanders is honest and trustworthy, compared to 61 percent for Clinton;
87 percent say Clinton has strong leadership qualities, with 79 percent for Sanders;
86 percent say Sanders cares about their needs and problems, compared to 78 percent for Clinton;
82 percent say Sanders shares their values, compared to 75 percent for Clinton.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2323

[restorefreedom]

1. its happening! nt

[cosmicone]

2. The vetting of Sanders is just beginning .. wait till all the skeletons come out n/t

[casperthegm]

3. skeletons? Oh, you mean like transcripts?

Still waiting....

[Segami]

19. lol!

[secondwind]

25. LOL

[daleanime]

27. ouch.....

[frylock]

4. 2008 called.

[nc4bo]

5. Oh Gawd

[IMG][/IMG]

[tk2kewl]

8. like this vile drivel?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110748681

what even is this shit supposed to be suggesting? that his son was born to woman he wasn't married to? i could care less but does Camp Hillary really want to bring the subject of sex and marriage into the campaign?

[nc4bo]

13. They are behaving like piggies over there.

HRC and WJC and her stans should be the LAST people to bring up this type of crap and I do mean THE LAST.

[tk2kewl]

14. they must be getting desperate to take that kind of risk

[Matt_in_STL]

28. Wow. I think I need to have a cigar and think about that mess.

[tk2kewl]

30. i think i need to have a shower

i'm not big on cigars

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Well, you have a point given how his image is of such a great guy, BUT her own closet is

overflowing with ugly skeletons (and pseudo-skeletons like Benghazi) so for Bernie I think it comes down to whether or not people can forgive whatever surprises might turn up. (My gut feeling is that he can.)

[Cheese Sandwich]

10. LOL

[Paulie]

12. His biggest skeleton is what he's slammed for all the time

It's the SAME message, since forever. Listen to his endorsement for a candidate in 1988, it sounds like it was recorded a couple weeks ago; except the cited statistics then are worse today.

[cascadiance]

16. Same meaning consistent on his MESSAGE*S* or are you implying he's too narrowly focused?

He talks about a range of issues, but you are right that he doesn't let go of the problem we have with corporate corruption of our system of government that most of us APPLAUD him being CONSISTENT on and REMINDING us all a lot about it, when so many other politicians are being PAID by the oligarchs to avoid talking about that problem.

And that problem is at the root of so many other problems we have in our government today, that if you don't solve it, you can't really provide solutions for so many other problems we're facing when a corrupt system is being paid to not deal with them.

[Betty Karlson]

29. Clinton is a pot hoping for a kettle, so she won't be the only thing called...

Not going to happen. You might as well hope for millennials riding unicorns while sporting "Ready for Hillary" T-shirts.

[CoffeeCat]

6. This is amazing, considering that only 2 states have held their primaries.

Sanders is light years ahead of what Obama was, at this point.

After more states vote, I think we will see Sanders taking the country by storm.

It's simply amazing what he's been able to overcome in such a short amount of time.

[Cheese Sandwich]

11. We still have an uphill battle but I think this shows it's possible for Bernie to win

The support is just below the surface. A lot of the preference is still revolving around perceptions of electability and strength. So those can shift too.

[senz]

20. Bernie's theme song!

[tk2kewl]

7. i know at least one DUer has this in their sig line...

[jham123]

15. Again

The Poll is of Registered Democrats that hav e a land line and also answered the Landline phone on 2/5

So......I await the Independents that walk in during the Caucus, but no one else seems to care about those folks

[Cheese Sandwich]

17. Independents would be more for Sanders probably

[jham123]

24. That's my point exactly.

Iowa and New Hampshire proved that to be true.

That's why all the Polls will be skewed

[senz]

18. Bernie's - and OUR - efforts are succeeding! WE, the people, matter!

... and so we gotta keep pushing, talking, writing, volunteering, sending a few more bucks, making it happen, making it happen, making it happen...

[casperthegm]

21. Exactly

I'd almost given up on grassroots, thinking that we could never overcome Wall Street and the Super Pacs. Bernie has given me reason to believe. I really do believe that if we keep working to spread the word (so many people still don't know about him) that we can continue to turn the tide.

[eviliberal]

22. And those numbers would matter

if we had a national primary. We do not.

[SoapBox]

23. Uh oh......

[Faux pas]

26. Oooo feeling

da Bern!