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hootinholler

(26,449 posts)
Fri May 29, 2015, 10:03 AM May 2015

So the new National Quinnipiac poll was published yesterday [View all]

As expected, Hillary still has a substantial lead:

5. (If Democrat or Democratic Leaner) If the Democratic primary for President were being held today, and the candidates were Joe Biden, Lincoln Chafee, Hillary Clinton, Martin O'Malley, Bernie Sanders and Jim Webb, for whom would you vote?

I tried to post results but the tabular nature of the results gets hosed and is unreadable, please go to the link and look at question 5, and the trend for question 5.

While Hillary has been pretty steady, Bernie has nearly doubled support this month from 8 points to 15 points continuing a trend that doubled support last month when he jumped 4 points to 8 points.

That's not the bit I found interesting though. More or less what I expected. What I didn't expect was question 6:
6. (If Democrat or Democratic Leaner) Are there any of these candidates you would definitely not support for the Democratic nomination for president: Biden, Chafee, Clinton, O'Malley, Sanders, or Webb? (Totals may add up to more than 100% because multiple responses were allowed)


Hillary's numbers are nearly double Bernies.

Question 19 is also interesting:
19. Is your opinion of Hillary Clinton favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about her?

45 favorable
47 unfavorable
5 Don't know enough

Clearly, Hillary has a problem with independent voters 39F - 51U.

Question 39 is Bernie's turn:
39. (Split Sample) Is your opinion of Bernie Sanders favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?

19 favorable
18 unfavorable
62 Don't know enough

But the big question that I wish they had asked about Bernie also is:
44. Would you say that - Hillary Clinton is honest and trustworthy or not?


39 - Yes
53 - No

Again, those pesky I voters are in play again here.

If I were working on Hillary's campaign, I would be concerned about these results.




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