CLINTON CONTINUES TO HOLD DOMINANT POSITION IN CALIFORNIA’S DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR PRESIDENT...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Former Secretary of State and former First Lady Hillary Clinton continues to be the overwhelming
choice of California Democrats in next year’s Democratic primary election for president. Clinton is
currently preferred by 53% of this state’s likely voters in the Democratic primary. Her closest
potential challenger, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, receives just 13% support. However,
Clinton’s current level of support is less than it was in February, when 59% of California’s likely
Democratic primary voters supported her candidacy. Over this same period, the proportion of
Democratic primary voters who are undecided has tripled from 7% to 22%.


...

Clinton holds large leads over the leading Republicans in general election match-ups
Clinton holds commanding double-digit leads when paired against each of the leading Republicans
in simulated general election trial heats among the overall California electorate. Against Bush, the
former First Lady leads by a 53% to 32% margin. Against Rubio, her lead is 52% to 31%, while
against Walker, she leads 54% to 30%.


http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/field-polls/article21639018.ece/BINARY/Field%20Poll%20results:%20The%20presidential%20race


P.S. I'm not shouting (LARGE CAPS). I copied the title verbatim. I don't alter someone else's work product.

[hrmjustin]

1. I wish they would stop adding Warren's name to these polls.

[leftofcool]

4. Notice though that Sanders is not mentioned at all.

[hrmjustin]

7. Whoever made that poll needs some lessons.

[brooklynite]

44. If you compare to the raw data...

the article only pulls out the candidates (Republican AND Democratic) with double-digit support. Arbitrary, but not politically biased.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. I use Obama's 08 and 012 general vote as a baseline...

As long as HRC is hitting those numbers I'm content. As long as we don't have to spend money in states like NY and CA it's more money we can spend in states like FL, VA, NC, and CO.

The Pugs don't have to spend money in TX but if we put Julian Castro on the ticket that might force them to spend there. That's less money for battleground states.

[hrmjustin]

42. I suspect she will win 58 to 65 percent of the vote.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

46. Without looking every Dem since Gore has been in the 60% range./NT

[hrmjustin]

47. Obama won by 3 million in 2008.

Gore won by 1 million.


Don't remember 2012.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

54. My bad...I forgot Nader was on the 00 ballot./NT

[hrmjustin]

56. Oh him.

[leftofcool]

2. Awesome! I see no mention of Senator Sanders in the OP

One would think by now that he would be showing in the polls in the various states. Pity. I am surprised that warren is still polling.

[Adrahil]

70. He is in the poll. He pulled 5% support. OUCH.

I do expect him to increase his draw over time, though.

[libdem4life]

3. Clever ... but then there are the Bolds. Just kidding. News is news. Popcorn time.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Maybe Santa will bring you "Reading Is Fundamental" for Christmas

P.S. I'm not shouting (LARGE CAPS). I copied the title verbatim. I don't alter someone else's work product.

[workinclasszero]

6. Great news!

Go Hillary!

[NYC_SKP]

9. It's very early yet. Hopefully, what's happening in New Hampshire will spread:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. Oh no, it's ovah

[Renew Deal]

14. Take Warren out of that poll and lets see what the numbers really are

[hrmjustin]

43. But Warren ix not running.

[NYC_SKP]

55. Sanders and O'Malley are on the rise, Biden and Cuomo and Hillary sliding.

It's just New Hampshire, of course, but Sanders and O'Malley are just getting started.

Warren is just there, doing pretty well for someone not running!

[hrmjustin]

57. They should not include Warren or Cuomo.

Both say they are not running.

[arcane1]

10. Why does this include Warren and Biden but not Sanders? It makes no sense.

The results are pretty much meaningless.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. If you click on the PDF he is included in the poll.

Page 4

[arcane1]

15. Found him on page 2. It still makes no sense to include non-candidates n/t

[leftofcool]

19. I agree.

It would be nice to know if either Hillary or Bernie poll higher without the non candidates.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. I like the results on Page 3. It turns DU conventional wisdom on its head

The data suggests the more liberal a person is the more likely it is that person is enthusiastic about Hillary's candidacy.

[leftofcool]

27. It sure does.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Some folks here will give you a hard time

when you do not alter somebody else's product.

It is also an old fashioned way of doing headlines, or BREAKING NEWS kind of doing titles.

The SacBee is kind of old fashioned that way.



(I came here to preemptively defend you becuase I know some folks here really like to give people a hard time over that)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. Thank you, nadin... I wasn't about to rewrite the whole thing.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. I know

[99Forever]

17. OH MY! ALL CAPS!

IT MUST BE REALLY IMPOTENT!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. Reading must not be your forte

P.S. I'm not shouting (LARGE CAPS). I copied the title verbatim. I don't alter someone else's work product.

Ahhh geeez.

[99Forever]

22. Did I mention you?

Reading is indeed, fundamental.


Laugh some more as you meet Kettle.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. That's a thin reed to hide behind ./NT

[99Forever]

25. Who's hiding??

Oh sorry, that would be Hillary Clinton from questions she would be embarrassed to answer honestly.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. You wanted to take a shot at me... Let's not be obscurantists./NT

[DemocratSinceBirth]

35. See post #23

[99Forever]

33. And you're a mind reader too?

Color me impressed!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

36. When someone spits on me on a clear day my first thought isn't to think it's raining./NT

[99Forever]

38. Did someone spit on you?

I missed that. That's kinda rude.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

40. You do know passive aggressiveness is a form of psychological coercion and a form of bullying./NT

[99Forever]

68. I don't feel bullied.

But thanks for being so upfront.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

71. Of course you don't feel remorse or culpability.

A lack of empathy is the hallmark of a sociopath.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

76. A person who bullies others lacks empathy and is a sociopath...

It is not up to me to rewrite the DSM V

[DemocratSinceBirth]

80. I cited a poll that some don't like and some have used it to belittle me.

40. You do know passive aggressiveness is a form of psychological coercion and a form of bullying./NT

That's textbook bullying...


It's ugly behavior and what it makes it more ugly is the fact that it comes from the anonymity of an internet connection. I said I was aggrieved...If I tell someone I feel I am aggrieved and their behavior caused it and they continue in that behavior they are a displaying a lack of empathy.

It is what it is.

[Number23]

92. In addition to having to dodge the flying spittle, you get "mocked" for using the laughy guy

Which I guess the person doing the "mocking" forgot that they used first when they barged into your thread.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

93. I don't know what to say...

I don't know what to say because anything I say will earn me a hide or worse.


I will say you are a true friend.

[Faux pas]

26. There's a long way to go

yet. I'm pretty sure she'll be null and void by election time.

[leftofcool]

30. February 2016. Bernie will be gone by March 1st after he loses all the caucuses.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

31. " A dream is a wish your heart makes"

[leftofcool]

60. I'll give you this one. I do love the song!

But, I am pretty sure that Disney is the Antichrist. Barbie is his sidekick!

[Kingofalldems]

29. We need a Democrat in the WH. That is all.

[stevenleser]

34. Bernie has actually gone down from 6% to 5% since his announcement.

The drop could be statistical noise. But the fact that his announcement hasn't helped him at all in one of the most Liberal/Progressive states in the country is pretty telling.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

39. I didn't mention it because it's probably noise

i have lived in L A since 3/12...We are very liberal here but we are also very pragmatic...Our mayor is more Rahm Emanuel, regardless of how you feel about him, than Bill de Blasio. Eric Garcetti's work in cleaning up (Disneyfying ) Hollywood helped him become mayor.



The entire greater Los Angele congressional delegation will all endorse Hillary.

[upaloopa]

37. Where's Bernie?

He doesn't even register on our polls.

[leftofcool]

41. See page 3 at the link. He gets a whopping 5%

[Tarheel_Dem]

45. As expected.

[kenfrequed]

48. Not sure about the use of this

It is a poll taken over a year prior to the California state primary before Bernie Sanders could get any media traction. I am not confident this is going to hold up.

[leftofcool]

51. See page 3 for Bernie poll

[kenfrequed]

58. Yes, I actually did read the entire thing

The poll started on the 23rd of April a week before Bernie formerly announced which already throws some difficulties into it and it includes a numer of candidates who have not announced or are unlikely to announce.

He is just starting to gain traction now and I imagine a sizable chunk (though probably not all) of Warren's support will flow to him.

I am saying that it is way too soon to tell on this one.

[leftofcool]

62. I think if they stopped polling Warren and Biden who are not running, we would get a clearer picture

[kenfrequed]

66. Indeed.

Till April 30th I think Hillary was the only announced major candidate. I would have been shocked if she didn't have a lead. Sanders has already moved into double digits in some national polling done (also a bit too soon to know if it is novelty or if it will be solid-obviously I favor the later)

[brooklynite]

74. My guess: 3/4 of Biden and 1/2 of Warren goes to Clinton.

[kenfrequed]

85. Eh...

I think the Warren support would probably go 75-90% to either Bernie or O'Malley. I think Clinton even getting a quarter of that support is generous.

I have no idea what would happen to Biden's support and am a bit surprised that he is still pulling anything. I think 90% of whatever Biden has will probably go to Clinton.

[brooklynite]

87. I think some people imagine a larger divide between Clinton and Warren than there is...

[kenfrequed]

89. I don't agree

I think the majority of the people supporting Warren are very passionate about economic issues and regulating the banks. Whatever Clinton's positions most of Warren's supporters have the perception that she has taken a lot of campaign donations from the banks which sort of turns them off. Whether that divide is real or a matter of perception depends upon who you ask, but I don't think people that support Warren are going to spontaneously throw half of their support behind Hillary.

At least not without Warren actually endorsing Hillary.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

49. THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

59. I DIDN'T WRITE THE HEADLINE. TAKE IT UP WITH THE SACRAMENTO BEE OR THE FIELD RESEARCH CORP./NT

But I love the wisdom my fellow Golden Staters impart.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

61. THIS IS GD, WHICH DOESNT HAVE THE SAME RULES AS LBN.

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

65. DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE IT WAS INCUMBENT UPON ME TO REWRITE ALL THIS?

CLINTON CONTINUES TO HOLD
DOMINANT POSITION IN CALIFORNIA’S
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR PRESIDENT.
NO CLEAR FRONTRUNNER ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE


____________


HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND !

[hobbit709]

50. Rah, rah, rah, siss boom pah! The incessant cheerleading for the anointed one is getting ridiculous

[leftofcool]

53. Thank you for kicking this thread

Signed:

Head Hillary Cheerleader

[DemocratSinceBirth]

63. LOL

[leftofcool]

67. Damn! I wish I had looked this good at 16!

I was a nerd and a bookworm.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

69. I am sure you had a lot of other qualities, my dear friend./NT

[leftofcool]

82. I was a pot smoking hippie. Does that count as a good quality?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

83. Sure...

[KMOD]

64. lol

[brooklynite]

72. Whereas, cheerleading for Bernie is simply grassroots enthusiasm bubbling up?

[corkhead]

52. In other news... GOLIATH CONTINUES TO HOLD DOMINANT POSITION

and David is busy loading his sling.

[stevenleser]

75. Notice how in another OP here, a local NH Newspaper criticizes Hillary, has no numbers to back them

up and says "People from NH are getting mad at Hillary" and Bernie supporters latch onto that as if its gospel. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6711024

Hard empirical numbers from California, however, mean nothing to them.

[Rex]

78. She has a huge lead over her rivals and GOP hopefuls.

I think that makes some feel insecure in their support for Sanders. Just my NSHO.

[closeupready]

79. Makes zero difference to me. I'm not voting for her.

Period.

[KamaAina]

81. I've discovered a workaround for all-caps headlines

Copy and paste them into the search box at the top of the page. You should be searching your headlines anyway, to see if the article has already been posted.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

84. Thank you...I will have to learn how to use the Search Box./NT

[Bluenorthwest]

86. California '08 went to Clinton, 51% to Obama's 43%

She's popular there.

[Exilednight]

88. If you are paying attention to polls right now, you know nothing about politics. Get back to me when

We're 90 days out from Iowa and NH. That's when the polls begin to count.

Polls that matter now are policy and issue polls.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

90. I did post grad work in Government at the Florida State University

One of my professors was Thomas Dye whose book, The Irony Of Democracy, is still used in many introductory Political Science Courses despite being in print, with updates of course, for over thirty years.


I was twenty four semester hours and a dissertation away from A PhD when my mom became seriously ill and I had to return to Orlando.

[PowerToThePeople]

91. thread trashed