Poll gives Trump, Sanders huge leads in New Hampshire

[Attorney in Texas]

Source: The Hill

Meanwhile, in the Democratic contest, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the favorite of 50 percent of primary voters in the state, which is a 5-point increase since November. Hillary Clinton, the front-runner nationally, saw a 7 point drop in the same amount of time, down to 37 percent.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/265300-poll-trump-sanders-maintain-leads-in-nh

[randys1]

1. Wow...Bernie and his wife look at each other at the end of the day and

smile in amazement.

It's not him , it is his message.

Bernie doesnt have the look of a salesman, so his product must be pretty good

[stillwaiting]

2. So many of us have been waiting for so long to support the product he offers that's for sure.

And, many of us TRUST him. That's just incredibly rare today.

[randys1]

3. I trust him and I trust the teaparty and GOP to never cooperate with anything he wants

but they are gonna do that to Hillary also

[Babel_17]

5. "Can I interest you in a transformation of the political landscape?"

"No money down, and it's the same price for everyone."

"The only cost is your participation in the process."

[pa28]

4. Newly vigorous attacks on Bernie with slimy appeals to race and sex tells you what's coming.

A round of good polling numbers in New Hampshire or Iowa. Never fails.

[litlbilly]

6. Sure seems that way doesnt it?

[RandySF]

7. Faux News polls

Predicted a Romney victory in 2012.

[Bernin]

8. All the polls

showed Eric Cantor to win heavily.

I think the HRC crowd is in for a shocker.

[RandySF]

10. I doubt it.

[Ed Suspicious]

15. Ergo the shocker.

[JackRiddler]

20. If you're sure of HRC's chances...

then you probably shouldn't be questioning one or another poll result - the preponderance of polls have her way ahead, right? So if that's your basis for believing it...

[saltpoint]

9. It's oddly comforting to see that Chris

Christie's "surge" in New Hampshire has come up well short of making him a viable candidate.

Progressives never liked him, even before the bridge incident. And we like him less now.

[Human101948]

18. New Hampshire can have him...NJ doesn't want him!

The governor noted his approval ratings had bounced as high as 70 percent, and dipped into the 30s, too. The governor's job approval (33 percent) has slipped to its lowest point, and his disapproval rate has reached a new high, 62 percent.

However, Christie then argued that the reason for this was "cause I do things" — making tough positions, without fear of offending people...

....However, polling data suggests the real reason for Christie's drop in favorability has little to do with any policy position, and far more to do with his decision to spend most of his time out of state and most of his attention on running for the presidency.



http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/12/what_would_president_christie_think_of_your_opinio.html

[saltpoint]

19. Good post. If he does not do well

in New Hampshire, maybe that will make it more clear for Christie that if he doesn't win in New Hampshire, all subsequent primary and caucus states are going to be out of the question.

Might as well return to New Jersey and do the job voters put him in to do. I hear you on his being out-of-state all the time, although it's not clear to me that New Jersey is better off with him back home. I'd love it if a strong Democratic candidate emerged to run for and win that NJ governor's chair next time.

[Warren Stupidity]

11. Both parties are facing uncomfortable scenarios.

The veneer of democracy may give way to the reality that these organizations are not beholden to voters and can instead impose their own choices for candidates. For the Democratic Party a Sanders primary lead in delegates would likely not exceed super-delegates, while Trump could put the Republican establishment in a predicament where they would have to rewrite rules to push him aside. In either case the public would become painfully aware that our political processes are completely controlled by these organizations and that they can act entirely in their own institutional interests.

[JackRiddler]

21. Superdelegates can be challenged morally.

If one is actually ahead in primary/caucus votes, the key is not to back down and allow "brokering" or the appearance of negotiations. They would have to be challenged in the loudest possible terms to accept the people's vote or to expose themselves as undemocratic oligarchs. But let's wait for this to actually happen.

[saltpoint]

12. Trump has stymied the Bush campaign's

efforts. Trump is a complete asshole, no question.

How did Trump sense that branding Bush as "low energy" would be so damning? It goes without saying that Bush is a lousy candidate to begin with. But he's made worse in Trump's ability to flick him away like a bug.

It should be alarming to the Republican Party in New Hampshire that a fascist bully like Donald Trump has a commanding lead in their primary. It should be more alarming that even if Trump weren't in the picture, their entire primary candidate field is as repellent as Trump. Not quite as loud maybe. But just as repellent.

I wonder what the statistical analysis would say to Trump's domineering lead auguring well for a Democratic Senate pick-up in New Hampshire. We have a very good candidate and there's no chance in hell any of us would really miss having Ayotte in Washington.

[libdem4life]

13. That's what I'm talking about. Once they hear Bernie say the same-old same- time and time again,

it doesn't sound repetitive...it sounds absolutely take it to the bank.

[davidpdx]

14. But it was an internet poll open only to Sanders supporters and they voted five times.....

[Ed Suspicious]

16. Where's the science in that?