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2016 Postmortem

stevenleser

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31. Polls of a small subset of those who will be voting in the primaries doesn't tell you much.

Reply to Cal33 (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2014, 06:07 PM

Dec 2014

Polls of the entire Democratic electorate at the same time had Hillary beating everyone else including Warren by 50 points including among self described Liberals and Progressives.

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This article of 11/20/14, shows Warren ahead of Clinton by 42% to 23%. Sanders is second with 24%. [View all] Cal33 Nov 2014 OP

Damn straight. NT NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #1

Kickin' Faux pas Nov 2014 #2

K&R for a "contest, not a coronation." Autumn Nov 2014 #3

Link to actual results? Cosmic Kitten Nov 2014 #4

Sorry, but the only link I know of is the one in the OP. :) Welcome to DU. Cal33 Nov 2014 #5

In a poll among DFA members frazzled Nov 2014 #6

We still have 2 years to go. During that time anything could happen. I'm making no predictions. Cal33 Nov 2014 #8

Indeed; I'm expecting a late surge for Dennis Kucinich. brooklynite Nov 2014 #12

According to Washington Post reported on 11 20 2014 poll Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #7

For someone who has repeatedly said she wasn't running in 2016, 8% seems to be a rather high number. Cal33 Nov 2014 #9

Why? Think about how many people HERE ignore what she says... brooklynite Nov 2014 #11

Who would you expect to be the choice of progressive political activists? brooklynite Nov 2014 #10

Among the general population Hillary is poling very well in front of others. Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #13

in a poll of 8 people, so and so gets 50% of the vote ... samsingh Nov 2014 #14

Meanwhile, a poll of Wall Street hedge fund managers had Hillary running away with it. Scuba Nov 2014 #15

This is Great News! jalan48 Nov 2014 #16

"New car smell" n/t Ellipsis Nov 2014 #17

Maybe cozying up the the Wall Street cartels wasn't a good strategy after all Dopers_Greed Nov 2014 #18

I really wonder what's going to happen in two years. I feel it's going to be a hell of a ride Cal33 Nov 2014 #19

Or perhaps it is QuestionAlways Nov 2014 #24

Let's punch up that headline, shall we? brooklynite Nov 2014 #20

Oh boy. An internet poll onenote Nov 2014 #21

Wait. Just......wait. Arthur_Frain Nov 2014 #22

Yes, we still have two more years to go. By that time, who knows what the political scene might Cal33 Nov 2014 #27

They must have done their poll at DU. Lil Missy Nov 2014 #23

Her "inevitability" and LiberalElite Nov 2014 #25

The title of this article is "Liberal Poll 2016." That would exclude the 3rd Way Democrats, Cal33 Nov 2014 #26

She's not running and has said so repeatedly. Enough of the pipe dream. RBInMaine Nov 2014 #28

Have you ever watched a Presedential Election before? No one is running until they are Exultant Democracy Dec 2014 #30

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #29

Polls of a small subset of those who will be voting in the primaries doesn't tell you much. stevenleser Dec 2014 #31

Yes, but we still have nearly 2 years to go. Who can foresee what the political situation will be Cal33 Dec 2014 #32