Hillary Now Loses to Trump in Polls. Bernie Beats Trump by 10.8 Points

[restorefreedom]

For months, Bernie Sanders has told audiences across the country that he is the best candidate to face Donald Trump based on polls that simulate a hypothetical showdown in November. Sanders continues to hammer in this sentiment now that the other Republican nominees have withdrawn from the race. And truly, new polls indicate this may now be the case.




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-pakman2/hillary-now-loses-to-trum_b_10115974.html

[imagine2015]

1. K & R

[JaneyVee]

2. He would get shellacked in a general election.

He cant even beat Trump in the primaries. Trump has millions of more votes than Bernie, and hasnt even had attack ads yet.

[restorefreedom]

10. saying this every day does not make it true

but i admire your spirit!

[Armstead]

15. LOL +100

[randome]

3. Polls before the nominations are never accurate. How many times this has been pointed out?

20? 30? More?

Are you trying to guilt the voters who prefer Clinton to Trump? What good does that do?
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[reformist2]

6. That's not true at all. But Camp Hillary keeps repeating the mantra.

There have been many elections where the polls early in the year predicted the eventual result.

[randome]

7. Being correct once in a while does not equate to 'accurate'.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-morning-s-polls

It's a truism that general election polls in May don't tell you much about an election in November. But if you see clear trends, they can tell you something about what's happening in May. To bring you up to speed there's a NBC/WSJ poll out this morning which shows Clinton ahead of Trump by 46% to 43%. There's also an ABC/WaPo poll which shows Trump up by two points, 46% to 44%.

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[Armstead]

16. Moved into margin of error territory....

not a good place to be.

[Dawgs]

13. Why would they change?

Is Hillary suddenly going to get more popular?

[randome]

14. Yeah, she will. Happens nearly every election.

When the choice is between 3 candidates, it's 'easy' to go for the one who's most edgy. That would have been Sanders. But once it's strictly a contest between 2 candidates, people favor one of those 2.

The more candidates, the more watered down the choices. Narrow the available choices and the polls become more accurate.
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[Renew Deal]

4. If only he can steal the election he will have his chance.

[B Calm]

5. She needs to drop out now. The longer she stays in, the more divided we are.

[PeaceNikki]

8. President McCain agrees with this poll

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-bump-general-election-polls_us_5742f7f0e4b00e09e89f7261

McCain saw a similar bump in 2008 - Philip Bump: “In 2008, the last time the Democrats had a contested nomination contest, Barack Obama led in head-to-head match-ups against John McCain for most of the year. There were two big exceptions: Right after the Republican convention — and right after McCain clinched his party’s nomination. That happened in March, three months before the Democratic contest ended. His spike was short-lived. There are big differences between this year and 2008. One is that Post/ABC polling eight years ago consistently showed independent voters preferring Obama to McCain — even shortly after McCain clinched. In our most recent poll, independents prefer Trump by 13 points. There’s overlap here with the point above, that Sanders backers haven’t come around to Clinton yet….At the end of the day, Sanders supporters will have to pick from the same menu as everyone else. Our very limited history of such contests suggests that most will bite the bullet and pick the candidate they hate less. Once the Democratic contest formally ends, we’ll see if that’s the case — or if they simply go hungry.” [Washington Post]

[Betty Karlson]

9. Superdelegates: do your job and nominate the candidate who will HELP the party

not jeopardise it! Nominate Bernie Sanders. You know he is our best (and only viable) chance against Trump.

[lagomorph777]

11. So what? "She won" the nomination.

Does it actually matter who wins the GE?

[Binkie The Clown]

12. Or, as Hillary's supporters say...

[restorefreedom]

17. lol nt

[Txbluedog]

18. Wasn't Sanders beating Trump by 15 a few polls ago

[restorefreedom]

19. he is slipping! seriously, there has been a range in polls

sanders tends to run 7-12 over trump.

i think the 15 points might have been in a poll of sanders v cruz if i recall