the socialist label will only appeal to those who are not going to vote for bernie OR hillary, and most people understand that we already have socialist programs, many that work quite well. and fair or not, hillary will have her own labels to contend with having to do with her past policies and decisions.
as to the polls, fine. toss them out. but look at the available data. bernie has a much greater potential to draw indys and even crossover republicans (think paul supporters, other non interventionists, or right leaners for campaign reform). he has a very enthusiastic youth contingent. he is drawing thousands and thousands at rallies, and perhaps most importantly, he has an army of volunteers and a record setting small money donor base (avg $27). and this is a guy who still has relatively low name rec compared to hillary.
he has a record of consistency and no potential scandals that the repubs can exploit. bernie IS the most electable, perhaps the only electable, candidate for dems.
i rest my case 
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