Opinion: Sanders is a much better leader than Trump or Clinton, voters say

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Bernie Sanders is seen by voters as ‘visonary,’ ‘inspiring,’ ‘caring'
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sanders-is-a-much-better-leader-than-trump-or-clinton-voters-say-2016-05-04



If voters were to choose the next president for the leadership qualities they admire the most, Bernie Sanders would the runaway favorite to win this year’s election.

This is one of the conclusions that can be drawn from a new poll by Gallup assessing the presidential candidates as leaders.
http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/191204/presidential-candidates-leaders-public-view.aspx?g_source=position1&g_medium=related&g_campaign=tiles

The independent senator from Vermont, who is challenging Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination, scores best across the board on 12 leadership qualities polled by Gallup and does particularly well on the traits people say make them most likely to vote for a candidate: “inspiring,” “visionary,” “courageous” and “caring about individuals.”

The new survey provides some answers to the question of why Sanders has done so well in spite of the hurdles he faced at the beginning of the campaign — his age, his low name recognition, his lack of party affiliation, and his self-branding as a “democratic socialist.”

It also explains the ambivalence and low favorability ratings for the two frontrunners, Clinton and Donald Trump, who both score quite low in these top leadership attributes but do better in qualities like “intense” and “competitive.”