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In reply to the discussion: The demands for Hillary loyalty are loud and clear on DU. [View all]onenote
(46,120 posts)First, the poll indicates that 57 percent of Democrats and "Independents that lean Democratic" would prefer for HRC to be the Democratic nominee. Only 25 percent of the combined group would prefer someone else.
Only 2 percent of Democrats and 3 percent of independents leaning Democratic say they'd be upset if HRC got the nomination, but a higher percentage of Independent leaning Democratic voters say they wouldn't be upset than Democrats (92 v. 87).
But what raises red flags about this poll are the answers to the question about who the respondents supported in the Democratic primaries in 2008. Although the popular vote in the Democratic primaries split very closely between Obama and Clinton (49-48 roughly), those polled clearly underrepresented those who supported HRC in 2008. One third say they didn't vote in the 2008 primaries at all, 49 percent say they voted for Obama, but only 11 percent said they voted for HRC. That simply doesn't make sense.