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(40,569 posts) Mon Sep 19, 2016, 10:04 PM Sep 2016

Sanders just might be the most popular politician in America [View all]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/19/the-most-popular-politician-in-america-might-just-be-a-socialist

Bernie Sanders just might be the most popular politician in America

By Aaron Blake
September 19 at 10:29 AM

Back when Bernie Sanders was first catching fire in the Democratic presidential primary, a question followed him: Could a socialist actually be elected president of the United States?

The term, after all, carried with it negative connotations for many Americans. And fully half of Americans, including many Democrats, said they could not vote for one — a higher number than said they couldn't vote for a Muslim or an atheist. It was incumbent upon Sanders, I argued, to change how people felt about the term.

Well, judging by how people feel about Sanders today, he appears to have done it. Recent polling, in fact, shows Sanders might actually be the most popular national politician in the United States right now.

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Those numbers make Sanders not only more popular than Trump and Clinton but also more popular than a resurgent President Obama. A new Internet-based YouGov poll has Sanders more popular than the president's very popular wife, Michelle Obama. Vice President Biden and other national figures such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) also come up short. So does former president Bill Clinton, who has seen his own numbers dip alongside his wife's.

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Sanders just might be the most popular politician in America [View all] G_j Sep 2016 OP

When they tried the more popular than Michelle line they lost me Egnever Sep 2016 #1

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They do not have to, she has her own appeal. lonestarnot Sep 2016 #10

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Damn! Hillary's dropping out of campaigning for a week? Now?! Arazi Sep 2016 #14

Supposedly so Calculating Sep 2016 #15

You might want to take a deep breath and not let these oh-so-concerned people synergie Sep 2016 #19

This post is against the rule and Wrong: Sanders is not in the Arena: and lewebley3 Sep 2016 #56

Sorry to disappoint you, but no she isn't taking a break. Those scheduled events are added to still_one Sep 2016 #17

She "postponed" today's events fyi Arazi Sep 2016 #39

Maybe you and Andrea Mitchell should get together. This whole thread is a backhanded way to still_one Sep 2016 #40

I support Hillary 100% Arazi Sep 2016 #41

Good show. You are right, by some it is being used to get a shot at Bernie, still_one Sep 2016 #43

Well, those that are actually democrats and who bother to do their homework, already know this is synergie Sep 2016 #18

No kidding. No excuse for oozers of mindless negatives about her. Hortensis Sep 2016 #20

"... oozers of mindless negatives ..." BlueMTexpat Sep 2016 #23

Lol. Sounds a lot sillier and more gross this morning when Hortensis Sep 2016 #24

That might be a great nil desperandum Sep 2016 #25

I recommended both Woodward and Bernstein's Hortensis Sep 2016 #26

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If Hillary drops out today or tomorrow, Trump wins. Midnight Writer Sep 2016 #13

sorry but... chillfactor Sep 2016 #4

Yep. She has more energy and more spunk anyway. These people need to get over the primaries! Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2016 #30

Nobody's attacking him or focusing on his negatives. Nye Bevan Sep 2016 #5

"Sanders" who? Why the hell does it even matter now? Sour grapes do not make fine wine. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #7

+1 Me. Sep 2016 #8

Wow. Tone deaf. LWolf Sep 2016 #22

Have you bothered to explore Hillary's positions? stopbush Sep 2016 #33

I've been paying attention LWolf Sep 2016 #44

It doesn't boggle THE mind... Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #53

Popularity? You must mean the one with Colonel in his name. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #65

No. LWolf Sep 2016 #68

KIck and rec. He's on fire! Arazi Sep 2016 #9

yeah, that's why Hillary won by over 4 million votes. YouGov online methodolgy is very still_one Sep 2016 #16

My guess is they over-sampled Charles Bukowski Sep 2016 #58

Oh those troublesome facts do get in the way sometimes. Nice reply! tonyt53 Sep 2016 #78

Yep, and it makes some people real angry. jack_krass Sep 2016 #75

He's also not running for anything (anymore) Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2016 #21

And yet LWolf Sep 2016 #27

Sanders has so much energy that so many people came out to vote for him and gave him Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2016 #29

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ still_one Sep 2016 #37

Thanks agreed! Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2016 #50

Disagree with this post Sanders is not in the Arena and has never been: lewebley3 Sep 2016 #59

Go back and reread what I wrote. I don't think you meant to respond to me. Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2016 #61

Wow. Again. LWolf Sep 2016 #45

Here here! I stand with you. ret5hd Sep 2016 #55

Sanders people are still attacking Hillary and just like Nader will gives us war lewebley3 Sep 2016 #60

Please point me to where, on ANY thread, I have attacked Hillary. ret5hd Sep 2016 #62

Bullshit. LWolf Sep 2016 #69

Thank you. nt LWolf Sep 2016 #70

correct G_j Sep 2016 #32

Has he been much? Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2016 #35

-- G_j Sep 2016 #36

I can watch a different video LWolf Sep 2016 #46

"One candidate's whole campaign is based on how terrible the other candidate is." R B Garr Sep 2016 #74

Er... LWolf Sep 2016 #76

26 years of public service G_j Sep 2016 #77

I've been frankly shocked LWolf Sep 2016 #83

Yup. +10000 nt riderinthestorm Sep 2016 #84

Er yourself. I quoted you. And LOL with the name calling. Neoliberals, my ass. R B Garr Sep 2016 #80

Well, that's certainly informative. LWolf Sep 2016 #82

I really admire your tenacity. riderinthestorm Sep 2016 #85

Dont confuse tenacity with hostility. R B Garr Sep 2016 #90

Thanks. LWolf Sep 2016 #91

Oh, FFS, the article says Sanders is popular because he wasn't attacked! R B Garr Sep 2016 #92

Again. Here's your quote: R B Garr Sep 2016 #89

Politicians who are not currently in power or the spotlight are always more popular when they leave. Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2016 #28

not bait G_j Sep 2016 #34

The Hillary isn't "likable" myth has been has been edged on by the media's false narrative. still_one Sep 2016 #38

The fact that her "unlikeability" is... Whiskeytide Sep 2016 #49

Total baiting thread. Some Sanders supporters cannot get past the primaries. It was the same situati Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2016 #51

Clinton's numbers were high as SOS mythology Sep 2016 #31

He has never been attacked GulfCoast66 Sep 2016 #42

Were you even paying attention to the primary? TCJ70 Sep 2016 #52

This entire thread GulfCoast66 Sep 2016 #72

Rarely Is More Like It otohara Sep 2016 #81

Shows how topsy turvy the period is Albertoo Sep 2016 #47

And he just might not be, too. More popular than Obama? I seriously doubt it. George II Sep 2016 #48

No question about it. ananda Sep 2016 #54

Sanders is an empty suit with hot air: that has never been in the Arena: lewebley3 Sep 2016 #57

Dismissing the strange punctuation in your statement . . . if that's what it is . . . Vinca Sep 2016 #64

Great this means Hillary can win treestar Sep 2016 #63

That's fairly common when someone is no longer running... Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #66

Haaahaa..did they take this online "poll" from Sanders FB page again? misterhighwasted Sep 2016 #67

Hillary was also super-popular as Secretary of State, when she wasn't running for anything. pnwmom Sep 2016 #71

It's a.shame that "conservatives" are allowed to lie and smear Cary Sep 2016 #73

I hate people who are popular nolabels Sep 2016 #79

OK. It's good that he's actively supporting Hillary, then. MineralMan Sep 2016 #86

What I dont understand ochem Sep 2016 #87

YouGov?? YouMustBeJoking. BobbyDrake Sep 2016 #88