Sanders' gains with black voters are a big deal heading into the race's next phase

[BigBearJohn]

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal oversample of black voters finds that Sanders now essentially enjoys the same level of support as Biden among black Democratic primary voters, with each getting the backing of about a third, while no other Democratic candidate comes anywhere close to that.

In fact, the only other candidate demonstrating even a small sign of traction nationally among black primary voters appears to be former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg, and we’ll note that the poll was in the field before his pummeling over the stop-and-frisk policy on the debate stage Wednesday night.

What’s more, all registered black voters express about the same level of comfort about Sanders as they do about Biden.

A combined 65 percent are either enthusiastic (20 percent) or comfortable (45 percent) with Sanders, while a combined 30 percent express some discomfort. For Biden, it’s a combined 69 percent either enthusiastic (16 percent) or comfortable (53 percent), with 28 percent feeling more negative.

Much of Sanders’ strength here has to do with the same generational differences that we’ve seen among the electorate at large. The lion’s share of Sanders’ support among black primary voters comes from his standing with those under 50, while Biden gets by far the largest share of older African Americans.

SOURCE: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/sanders-gains-black-voters-are-big-deal-heading-race-s-n1140261

[katmondoo]

1. I'll always wonder from now on about Sanders, what surge is real and what is not.

[JudyM]

2. What is "real?"

Are you suggesting poll results are being manipulated?

[Demsrule86]

3. Any one (GOP and Russians) can claim to be Black...Sanders numbers are going to be suspect from

now on with the Russian news...and you have GOP voting for him at Trump's behest.

[David__77]

6. Do you think the research firms are contacting Russians to be respondents?

Or that the research firms are infiltrated/controlled by Russians?

[Renew Deal]

4. If Sanders or someone else wins SC, it will knock out Biden

And then things will get real.

[uponit7771]

5. Sanders silence on Russia helping his campaign is a bigger deal. He could've denounced them without

... giving up classified information.