2016 Postmortem

DemocratSinceBirth

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35. What's weird?

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 11:43 PM

Feb 2016

Everyone should vote for her since she won some weird poll.

What's weird about the largest Spanish language television station in the nation commissioning a poll of Hispanics?

Do their voices matter?

Thank you in advance.

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Brand Spanking New Univision National Hispanic Poll Clinton 57% Sanders 28% [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 OP

but it's not a completely inaccurate entrance poll! bettyellen Feb 2016 #1

Dolores Huerta blowback workinclasszero Feb 2016 #2

The poll was conducted before Huerta's stunt... hoosierlib Feb 2016 #3

Whoa really!? workinclasszero Feb 2016 #5

Up from 3% in June...HRC's popularity is based solely on name recognition hoosierlib Feb 2016 #6

Theres another brand new poll just got posted workinclasszero Feb 2016 #8

I don't doubt it...its also a national poll and HRC has name recognition... hoosierlib Feb 2016 #10

..and Sanders has only been running for 10 months. brooklynite Feb 2016 #12

And Hillary has been running since 1992... hoosierlib Feb 2016 #13

If only people knew him, eh? MaggieD Feb 2016 #16

I guess Hispanic voters just can't be relied on to pay attention to politics, huh? brooklynite Feb 2016 #18

Exactly...I would not label the American electorate as engaged... hoosierlib Feb 2016 #20

Remind me what happened in 2008... brooklynite Feb 2016 #19

People had a choice other than HRC and they flcoked to it... hoosierlib Feb 2016 #23

Yes, it's hard to compete with someone who's offering a lot of FREE STUFF. politicaljunkie41910 Feb 2016 #46

Why are you so proud of a false story perpetrated solely to damage a Democratic candidate? Nanjeanne Feb 2016 #29

Wait until the Huerta backlash hits his numbers. nt LexVegas Feb 2016 #4

Lol...keep dreaming...outside of DU, no one cares... hoosierlib Feb 2016 #7

Wanna bet? n/t Lucinda Feb 2016 #25

Yep...the two Latinos I work with don't care... hoosierlib Feb 2016 #31

Two Latinos you work wth don't care? Well, that's does it, then lunamagica Feb 2016 #59

Among anglos, maybe...But Ms. Huerta is a hero and an icon in the Latino community lunamagica Feb 2016 #58

Which backlash? BernieforPres2016 Feb 2016 #43

Why are 9 out of 10 pro-Clinton threads always about her poll numbers? gyroscope Feb 2016 #9

Becuase their support isn't based on issues...its "Fanboy" support hoosierlib Feb 2016 #11

My support is certainly based on issues MaggieD Feb 2016 #15

My anecdotal experience says otherwise... hoosierlib Feb 2016 #26

Sound of crickets chirping BernieforPres2016 Feb 2016 #44

We talk about the issues in the group where they will be much less likely to be hidden. Lucinda Feb 2016 #27

Unsurprising MaggieD Feb 2016 #14

Yep. Right about the same percentage as in the Latino area caucuses. Lucinda Feb 2016 #28

Actually, this is a national poll, so this is not unexpected CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #17

"I think the Texas outcome will tell us quite a bit..." DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #21

Yes, it will be interesting to see if those numbers hold CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #30

The poll indicates he's losing the Lone State by nearly thirty points. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #34

The poll indicates he's losing the Lone State by nearly thirty points. workinclasszero Feb 2016 #36

Top of the list !!! DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #37

Awesome sauce for Hillary! workinclasszero Feb 2016 #45

I suspect we are seeing a Nevada bump and we will see a South Carolina bump./nt DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #47

If she gets a 30pt bump from a 5% win... workinclasszero Feb 2016 #48

Holy crap! The Texas polls are all over the place Clinton up anywhere from 10-30 points. CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #38

In Houston cannabis_flower Feb 2016 #49

Don't rely on the bumper stickers nor the yard signs. I am not allowed to Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #52

You know that's illegal cannabis_flower Feb 2016 #53

Again, don't rely on yard signs and bumper stickers. The election is in November Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #55

Wow.. great numbers! DCBob Feb 2016 #22

+1 for the news and +Eleventy billion for Carlos! Lucinda Feb 2016 #24

Oh Good TheFarseer Feb 2016 #32

What's weird? DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #35

Of course their voices matter TheFarseer Feb 2016 #40

I have seen polls done exclusively of millennials. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #42

Hahahaaaa! - this shows that Hillary's support among Latinos went DOWN 41% & Bernies went UP 25% jillan Feb 2016 #33

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #39

African American and Latino unemployment were at its lowest level in a generation under Bill Clinton DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #41

I wonder how Bernie plans to win without the Latino or AA vote MaggieD Feb 2016 #50

Cool to see clinton with that advantage. Nice video as well. K & R nt Persondem Feb 2016 #51

I guess the lies and distortions are working. Vattel Feb 2016 #54

More than DOUBLE!!! NurseJackie Feb 2016 #56

Thank you for this AUTHENTIC Univision poll (not bogus, like the other one recently reported) lunamagica Feb 2016 #57

I just saw the poll reported on Univision's nightly news lunamagica Feb 2016 #60

Fantastic! Alfresco Feb 2016 #61

That's a thumpin' right there Number23 Feb 2016 #62

Robust sample size too. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #63