POLLS SUGGEST SANDERS MAY BE UNDERESTIMATED

[Hassin Bin Sober]

Polls suggest Sanders may be underestimated

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/458161-polls-suggest-sanders-may-be-underestimated

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) may be underestimated in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a flurry of new polling released in the last week.

The polls show Sanders is firmly entrenched in the race’s top tier of candidates with former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) — and that there is some distance between these three candidates and the rest of the field.

“He has the money, the campaign infrastructure and an intense base of supporters,” said one Democratic strategist. “Does he have a tough road to the nomination? Of course, all of the candidates do. But has he been overlooked so far? Absolutely. Out of all the candidates, he is the one you can definitely say is in this for the long haul.”

[qazplm135]

1. soooo...

nothing new there. He's in the top three. He is in it for the long haul. And he has a tough path to the nomination.

Not a great place for the guy who was second last time around and has as much name recognition as anyone and raises as much as anyone.

[Autumn]

2. He was second place last time because only two candidates were running.

[Quackers]

5. ...

[JI7]

27. so if there were more candidates he would have been lower than 2nd place

[zentrum]

3. I agree with this Headline.

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread Hassin Bin Sober.

[OilemFirchen]

6. He cannot attract new supporters. Period.

His base is about half of what it was in 2016. That's his constituency, and it's reflected in the polls. His numbers can only shrink from this point on.

It's silly to opine otherwise.

[pnwmom]

13. Exactly. Hillary supporters won't support him over Biden, Warren, and several others.

And whoever wins is going to need a lot of former Hillary votes.

[OilemFirchen]

18. Not just that. It's the rubble left behind when a cult of personality collapses.

Now that Sen. Sanders has turned his campaign into a petty grudge match, many of his ardent fans have turned on him - some rather ferociously. The harder they fall, and all that.

[LiberalFighter]

25. Good point! Any of the supporters of other candidates...

are not likely to switch to him.

[thesquanderer]

44. Sanders is the top "second choice" for Biden supporters,

according to Morning Consult.

So if anything happens that derails Biden's campaign, Sanders is currently best positioned to pick up switchers.

[NYMinute]

7. THIS IS LAUGHABLE nt

[we can do it]

29. 😂

[Vegas Roller]

8. Most die hard HRC supporters will NEVER vote for BS

Which is a majority of Democrats.

QED

PS - Also a puff piece by two of David Sirota's buddies.

[Chemisse]

11. I voted for BS in 2016, but will not do it in this primary.

Times change and people change.

[solara]

12. I supported Hillary and Sanders is definitely not my guy

But if he becomes our candidate I will certainly vote for him. I am committed to Vote Blue No Matter Who - anything less than that is dangerous and fool-hardy. We absolutely must vote trump OUT of office and that means letting go of the past in order to do what's right and necessary.

VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO

This election is not normal in any way.

We cannot do the same things we have always done and expect to win.

We must win. There is no alternative.

[pnwmom]

15. Right. But I can't imagine winning the primaries because Hillary voters won't pick him

over one of many others

[Eliot Rosewater]

37. I dont get it though, Bernie SAID if someone with his ideals ran he wouldnt, Warren ran.

[pnwmom]

38. Yeah, that doesn't make any sense, does it?

I'd love to know how many Sanders people switched to Warren. I know a bunch of them among my friends and family.

[myohmy2]

23. thank you...

...I was a strong Bernie supporter in 2016...

...I looked the other way and became a strong Hillary supporter...

...even the most undesirable Dem is still head and shoulders above a republican...

...republicans are just plain evil...

" VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO "

...it's self-defense...

[Hassin Bin Sober]

17. Absolute nonsense.

The diehard types that wouldn’t vote for the nominee over trump aren’t anywhere near a majority. There is probably a small percentage LIKE THERE IS IN EVERY CYCLE but nowhere near significant.

[OilemFirchen]

26. This is about the Primary.

I heartily recommend you read your own fucking OP.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

28. Read the post I was responding to and then look up the definition of "never"

[Vegas Roller]

34. Bernie will never ever be the nominee.

Accept it and find peace.

[OilemFirchen]

49. That post was in response to one directly related to your OP. Which is about the Primary.

Your assertion is a knee-jerk reaction to something that poster never implied. Evidenced, of course, by that poster's responses downthread.

BTW, it's against the rules for anyone here to state that they won't vote for the eventual nominee. If you truly believe the nonsense you spouted, I suggest alerting on the offending post.

Good luck.

[Vegas Roller]

32. I meant in the primaries

BS has ZERO chance of becoming the nominee because he has pissed off a lot of loyal Democrats with his shenanigans and his absolutely horrible record of hiring Jill Stein supporters.

Bernie is finished. Live with it.

[George II]

41. You have a few in the upper echelons of BS' own campaign right now - Turner, Gray, Sirota...

...and top surrogates Sarandon and West. All voted for Jill Stein.

Let's hope they don't do it again next year and vote against our nominee.

[Vegas Roller]

47. They can never explain away this glaring truth nt

[onetexan]

46. +1 -K&R

[myohmy2]

9. hey undecided Dems...

...are you listening?

...Bernie's your man...you can't do better than the best...

...Bernie will carry the Progressive banner all the way to the White House and stomp trump's ass in the process...for the first time in generations we have a real opportunity to solve our nation's problems on behalf of the American people...

...not since FDR has things looked so good...not since FDR has the 1% been sweating the outcome of an election...not since FDR have the American people had such HOPE...keep the faith...

...think President Sanders...

...

[Life_Long_Democrat]

20. See post #7

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

31. That's for sure!! Bernie is our best progressive voice for Democrats.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[crazytown]

10. $2.70 recurring

Next offer 7/13/2020

[ismnotwasm]

14. Bernie Sanders is overlooked?

How is this possible?

[zaj]

16. Sometimes, when you gotta just publish an article...

...writing about being stuck in 3rd place won't cut it.

[Life_Long_Democrat]

19. I voted for Sanders in the primary in 16

I regretted doing so within 48 hours. His supporters and surrogates on TV got so nasty it just turned me off.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

21. .

Well there’s one I’ve never heard before.

[Life_Long_Democrat]

22. I'm an original

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

33. Seriously!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Tiggeroshii]

24. It's likely but not guaranteed

Time will tell!

[Vegas Roller]

36. Not likely at all

I'll eat a crow on live TV if BS is the nominee.

[Tiggeroshii]

42. I'll hold you too it

[NNadir]

30. Well, he's been over-estimating himself for a long time, so it balances.

As I recall, in 2016, he sat around and sulked because he was perfect and was "robbed" because people didn't vote for him.

[CentralMass]

35. K&R

[George II]

39. Polls "suggest" Sanders "may" be underestimated .....

That's a double equivocation on the part of the author.

[Wounded Bear]

43. "Polls suggest." Is that like "some people think"...?

[LanternWaste]

48. Buffalo Bills were underestimated in Super Bowl XXVII as well. We showed 'em!!!!

I'll be... so polls finally mean something. I'm guessing it's merely a coinky-dinky they mean something only when they validate your guy.

Otherwise, we hear the cries of "polls don't mean anything this early!!!!" "flawed methodology!!!!" "margins of error!!!!"