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35. Her support is shrinking. Down from the usual 80% or so we've been seeing for months here to

Thu May 21, 2015, 01:08 AM

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just under 60%. Those polls of course are only from the Dem base. No one can win an election with only half of their own base. Bernie's polls have been steadily rising as people get to know him. Again I'm only talking about registered Dems.

The largest voting bloc in the country is the Independent vote, now between 42% and 46% which is an historical level of non partisan voters.

THAT is what Sanders is going to get. No conventional candidate will get that vote since most of it consists of voters who have fled both parties.

Bernie is also showing he has crossover appeal. No polls on the Indy vote so I wouldn't be touting the Dem vote to show 'huge support'.

Only 32% of registered voters are Dems right now, down from over 40% in 2008. So 60% of one third of registered voters is not something to get excited about especially as it is a drop with the entrance of other choices in the race.

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