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[jkbRN]

1. Lol I like that you used a sentence from the near end of the article

For your title.

The first paragraph reads:

Clinton is backed by 41% of likely Democratic primary voters, a double-digit drop since the USA TODAY poll taken two months ago, and Sanders is supported by 23%, a jump. Biden is the choice of 20% even though he hasn't announced whether he will jump in the race.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I wish they would exclude Biden unless and until he announces.

They might as well poll Mitt Romney on the other side.

[workinclasszero]

4. IKR?

Anyhow...good for Hillary.

[jkbRN]

5. Well you did mimic them,

And the sad thing is that you scrolled through the article and liked a comment towards the middle of the article and made a title out of it.

Would you really like to talk about critical thinking? LOLOL. If so, by all means, I would love to debate you on that.

Your post comes off as bias and pathetic, but if that's what you are going for then, A+ for you.

[Warren DeMontague]

20. You sure you just signed up?

You seem awfully familiar with the way things work around here.

[Godhumor]

6. Oh look, Sanders at 23%. Right in line with the Sanders plateau

Do believe that is now two polls since the NBC poll, which is looking more and more like an outlier.

[workinclasszero]

9. "Sanders at 23%. Right in line with the Sanders plateau"

Yup.

[BlueWaveDem]

7. Polling suggests it would 58-26 without Biden.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. How did you arrive at that?

BTW, if you go back to the NBC poll in July it was HRC 59%-SBS 25%

[BlueWaveDem]

22. I meant polling trends.

According to polls excluding Biden, his 20% usually breaks 16-4 or 15-5 in favor of Hil.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

25. If they are going to include somebody who hasn't announced...

If pollsters are going to include somebody who hasn't announced it would behoove them to at least ask the respondents who they would vote for if that candidate was not running.

[hrmjustin]

8. These polls are interesting but there are three things this month that will move the numbers.

The debate, Hillary's testimony to congress, and VP Biden's decision.

[Logical]

10. LOL, nice cherry picking! Classic! Nt

[Logical]

14. Ok chucky! Keep up the misleading stories! LOL! nt

[Logical]

24. Ahhh, hurt your feelings? Nt

[upaloopa]

13. We still have Biden in the poll and the House

of Representatives working hard to drive Hillary's numbers down. Not to mention the constant negative MSM coverage and others carrying water for the repubs when they bring up emails and Bengazi. Hillary is doing great against all that head wind.

[HerbChestnut]

15. There's some interesting things in there besides the national numbers

Even though Clinton is leading, her support seems soft and based on the idea that there's no viable alternative. People are associating her with negative terms like "liar" and "dishonest" which could translate into a loss of support in the future. I have a feeling that a lot rides on the upcoming debates, and if Bernie is able to win Iowa and New Hampshire then all bets are off.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Those liar and dishonest numbers will go down in light of this

Those liar and dishonest numbers will go down in light of this:

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is, at this moment, the Democrats’ best pal. He went on Fox News last night to talk up his campaign to replace outgoing House Speaker John Boehner, and he ended up saying out loud and on television the one thing Republicans aren’t supposed to say about the House Select Committee on Benghazi: it’s all about taking down Hillary Clinton


This is an archetypal example of the Kinsley Gaffe: a politician accidentally uttering a truthful statement. Anyone who’s paid even cursory attention to the GOP’s treatment of the Benghazi attacks will likely have already concluded that the party’s interest in the matter is linked to Hillary Clinton’s presidential ambitions. But it’s still bracing to see one of the most powerful Republicans in Washington come right out and brag about how he and his colleagues set up a taxpayer-funded investigation to damage the political prospects of the opposition party’s leading presidential candidate. It’s downright scandalous, and precisely the sort of political corruption that Republicans argue is at the heart of the Obama administration’s response to Benghazi.

No less remarkable is the fact that McCarthy offered up the politicized Benghazi investigation as an “example” of how he would conduct business as Speaker of the House. He just put it right out there and told Sean Hannity that the McCarthy Congress will be a series of investigations aimed at hurting the Democrats’ chances of electoral success.


http://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/kevin_mccarthys_silver_plated_gift_to_hillary_clinton_what_his_benghazi_blunder_reveals_about_the_gops

And also as people realize nearly 80% of the FOIA requests for her e-mails are coming from reich wing groups that issue will descend in resonance as well...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. It is sad that our fellow Democrats are hoping that ...

It is sad that our fellow Democrats are hoping that a fellow Democrat stumbles from faux scandals. In politics and in real life I prefer to win and the candidates I support to win on the merits.

A win that lacks dignity is a loss.

[BlueWaveDem]

23. Exactly, she's hugely popular among Democrats.

[frylock]

27. Thank goodness the entire electorate is made up of all Democrats.

[kenn3d]

26. It is what it is friends. The trends are the trends.

Are we still trying to directly compare individual poll data between different polls/pollsters?

Since the last National USA Today/Suffolk poll:
Clinton is -18
Sanders is +9

In the past 3 weeks the composite (average of the last 6 polls) is:
Clinton 40.8 (-5.0)
Sanders 26.8 (+4.2)
Biden 20 (+0 unchanged)

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_democratic_presidential_nomination-3824.html