Bernie Sanders's agenda makes him the definition of unelectable

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66. From 538:

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/democratic-debate-january-poll/

In terms of raw debate grades — respondents graded candidates on a four-point scale (higher scores are better) — Warren got the highest average score, closely followed by Sanders, Buttigeg and Biden.

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Unsurprisingly, given her strong debate performance, Warren was also the biggest winner in terms of attracting potential voters. She gained a little over 3 points in the share of respondents who said they were considering voting for her. Buttigieg and Klobuchar also gained roughly 2 points each in potential support. Gains were pretty small for the other candidates, though — less than a point each for Biden and Sanders, and a little over 1 point for Steyer.

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We also asked likely Democratic primary voters how favorably they felt about each candidate both before and after the debate. And perhaps unsurprisingly, it was the less-well-known candidates who gained the most: Klobuchar and Steyer saw the largest jumps in net favorability (favorable rating minus unfavorable rating) — 5.8 points and 5 points, respectively. Buttigieg and Warren also did well on this metric, however, with Buttigieg picking up 4.7 points and Warren 3.9 points. Sanders and Biden’s net favorability, on the other hand, actually fell a bit — Biden’s dropped by 1.6 points, and Sanders took the biggest hit in this metric, falling by 3.6 points.