VA Poll: ALL Dems beat Trump, Sanders beats Trump with widest margin

[Cal Carpenter]

All Dems beat Trump but Bernie beats him the most.

https://www.roanoke.edu/about/news/rc_poll_news_politics_feb_2020

Democratic Candidates vs. Trump

Sanders 49% Trump 40%

Biden 48% Trump 40%

Warren 48% Trump 41%

Buttigieg 47% Trump 40%

Bloomberg 46% Trump 40%

There's also favorability ratings at the link. Copy paste isn't formatting right on my phone so you have to click the link to see those.

Eta: changed thread title because I naively forgot I'd get piled on for emphasizing my favorite of the many great candidates we have to choose from.

[still_one]

1. The top four are identical against trump. All within MOE between each other

OP is misleading

[Cal Carpenter]

3. ?

9 is bigger than 8 or 7.

[still_one]

4. Do you understand MOE? plus or minus 4.3 is well within the MOE. They are identical

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. It might as well be Curly or Larry.

[Cal Carpenter]

13. Yes. I also know that polls for the general aren't very meaningful at this point

But they are interesting, and the patterns and trends that emerge from them can help with predictions, speculation, etc.

Eta: MOE doesn't mean the results are identical, though. Do you understand how they work?

[still_one]

23. Statistically they are. They do another sampling the results would be in the MOE, with order

switched around

You want to believe a 1 or 2 pint difference with a MOE of 4.3 is statistically different go right ahead

Enjoy

[Cal Carpenter]

25. First, they did rotate the order of candidates

And second, they are not 'identical'. Within the MOE is not the same as statistically 'identical' no matter how you word it.

[berni_mccoy]

11. And you would probably make the same claim if Biden were on top

Please stop already

[HarlanPepper]

15. So he has to stop but the OP can go ahead and say the same thing?

[berni_mccoy]

17. Where did I say he should stop

People are free to make fools of themselves whoever they may be.

I’m just calling out the hypocrisy of such a criticism especially here

[HarlanPepper]

19. "Please stop already"

[berni_mccoy]

21. Yeah you misunderstand

I’m just asking for the hypocrisy to stop

[still_one]

20. The MOE is plus or minus is 4.3, yes I would say the same thing for any of the candidates, and so

would anyone else who appreciates statistics and sampling

This isn’t about bragging rights

[RhodeIslandOne]

2. The best thing in this poll is how low Trump is regarded in any case.

People were saying things about Virginia that scared me this weekend.

[Mr.Bill]

5. In national polls,

Hillary beat him, too.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

6. WELL THERE'S A SHOCKER...NOT! So that's it, Bernie MUST be our nominee & the rest must drop out...

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At least that's what many argued when Joe was sposedly inevitable cuz he allegedly had the best chance of beating the Fascist-in-Chief!! As I predicted, it's actually Bernie who's inevitable... it's His time now & time for all Democrats to unite under the Bernie Banner!!


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[Meadowoak]

18. Let's do this!

[still_one]

26. I never did, and you are right some played that silly assed nonsense

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

28. I appreciate your intellectual honesty... respect!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[still_one]

29. Thanks, but you're the same way. One can't deny what happened, or shouldn't anyway

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. True dat!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[OKNancy]

7. Didn't Virginia vote blue last time?

I'm not concerned about blue states. We need the purple ones.
And add Arizona just for safety

[spooky3]

14. Yes, but it really is purple. It was red until only recently. And

Remember that Kaine was on the ballot with Clinton in 2016.

It is turning blue but the last thing we should do is take any purple state for granted.

And, it is a Super Tuesday primary state, so how it votes there could be important.

[oldsoftie]

8. I just love that ALL are outside the margin of error for victory. Trump stuck@40%

[Cal Carpenter]

22. Yes, i think that's an excellent piece of info!

[David__77]

9. And yet, we have a thread on this site advocating possibility of a "write-in campaign."

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287573047

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

31. WTF??!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[David__77]

32. It was subsequently removed.

...

[spooky3]

10. I think you meant that Klobuchar, not Warren, is best on

Favorability ratings.

And I agree that YOUR headline really should be what was published with the original article—that all of the Dems beat Trump by fairly large and similar margins.

[Cal Carpenter]

16. Oops, edited

The difference between favorability and unfavorability screwed me up. But you're right, while others have higher favorability than Klobuchar, her unfavorability is the lowest.

[Tom Rinaldo]

24. Well, you know, it's just another one of those so called polls

Based on a random sample of real people who vote. But anyone who knows anything simply understands that Bernie would attract the fewest voters in the General Election. Why do we even bother with these polls?