New NBC National Poll Shows Sanders Stronger Opponent Than Hillary Against Trump

[imagine2015]

May 10, 2016 New Polling Shows Sanders, Not Clinton, Most Formidable Against Trump
Surveys have repeatedly found Bernie Sanders beating the presumptive GOP nominee by a larger margin than Hillary Clinton.
by Lauren McCauley, staff writer

As forces in both major parties have begun to mobilize against a Trump presidency, a new national poll out Tuesday reveals the most surefire way to derail the GOP frontrunner: Nominate Bernie Sanders.

The NBC News/SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll found that if the 2016 presidential election were held today, 53 to 40 percent of voters would elect Sanders over Donald Trump—which is more than double the margin that Hillary Clinton holds over the presumptive Republican nominee.

According to the survey, which was conducted online from May 2 through May 8, the former secretary of state also leads Trump, but with a far smaller margin: 49 to 44 percent, with an error estimate of plus or minus 1.3 percentage points.

"Virtually every poll has us way, way ahead of Donald Trump," Sanders told more than 5,700 supporters at an outdoor rally in Stockton, California on Tuesday.

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/05/10/new-polling-shows-sanders-not-clinton-most-formidable-against-trump

[TDale313]

1. Nominating Hillary is a mistake. n/t

[Trust Buster]

2. You have to be on a ticket to win the presidency. He isn't so he won't.....LOL

[lagomorph777]

3. Neither is she. LOL

Smell the coffee. She may be able to win the primaries, but I hope you will be satisfied with that. Trump is not to be laughed at any more. We are screwed in the GE if we nominate Hillary.

[Trust Buster]

5. She's already the presumptive nominee. For it is you that needs to wake up and smell the coffee.

[Electric Monk]

4. So, when Drumpf beats Hillary in November, you won't mind if I blame you and your ilk, right? nt

[Trust Buster]

6. With all due candor, I really don't care what you do. Get over yourself.

[imagine2015]

10. When did Hillary capture the Democratic nomination? Did she also beat Trump in the general election

You must be a time traveler!

[AgingAmerican]

17. Running with the lesser candidate brings a lesser result

[imagine2015]

19. Stop that! Now you're writing common sense!

[Sparkly]

7. The RNC is choosing its candidate.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-01-19/republican-operatives-are-trying-to-help-bernie-sanders

[imagine2015]

11. And old and discredited Republican superPac ad from months ago.

And it wasn't a pro-Trump superPac ad.

[Sparkly]

13. I meant they're choosing the candidate they want to run against.

Sanders.

[imagine2015]

14. And who is they? Trump? The Republican National Committee? Who is "they"? Be specific.

A few rich Republicans funding one superpac who think they are being slick?

And what candidate do they support to run against Bernie Sanders?

Thank you.

[Sparkly]

15. Let's start with Karl Rove.

American Crossroads.

[Jitter65]

8. Poll are not votes. and POCs are always under sampled. nt

[carburyme]

9. This is

Bullshit!!!

[Metric System]

12. Get back to me when Republicans have laid a finger on Bernie.

[imagine2015]

18. Bernie will break it off! They will feel the burn of pain if they mess with him.

Bernie can handle a bully. Hillary can't.

[pdsimdars]

20. He's beaten Republicans for 40 years. Hillary beat them twice.

And Bernie regularly gets 20-30% of the Republican vote in Vermont. Hillary will get NONE.

[silvershadow]

16. We have been saying this for months- ever since the wheels fell off the bus. nt

[pdsimdars]

21. It was an NBC poll, but I wonder if they reported it on their network.

I remember when CNN didn't even report its own polling results when it showed Bernie favorably.