WaPo: Bernie Sanders remains one of Americas most popular politicians

[jg10003]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/15/bernie-sanders-remains-one-of-americas-most-popular-politicians/?utm_term=.e562f1898f42

A fascinating new survey from Fox News asked Americans their opinions of a number of political leaders and politically relevant organizations. No elected official included in the survey had a larger net favorability — overall favorable views minus unfavorable ones — than Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), continuing Sanders’s strong showing in such polls.

[monmouth4]

1. This doesn't surprise me, he is still getting huge crowds to hear him speak..nt

[Cartoonist]

2. Great Man

Every time I see a post slamming Bernie here, I regret voting for Hillary. We could have had a great president, but we got a loser.

[Chevy]

27. You mean President Bloomberg? n/t

[democrank]

3. Doesn't surprise me either.

Perhaps people are responding positively to Bernie's straightforward way of speaking, his decades-long commitment to veterans, his unwavering support for workers and their rights.

Political plain speak is rare....and noteworthy.

[Jarqui]

4. I love his honesty

[Liberal In Red State]

5. I could care less! This is non news! We need Bernie to do more than be ❤️! We need our

leaders to confront this administration on its budget slashing Russian connections and accusations against President O! Someone needs to take this administration on daily! Take over the news cycle - we can't wait 4 years to get this orange a$$ out of the WH!

[JudyM]

19. You're clearly not aware of what Sanders has been doing every.single.day.

Exactly what you said he needs to. Plus introducing legislation, plus traveling to places that we can win back next time... etc etc. He has been the most active fighter in Congress since the election.

[yurbud]

21. Bernie has been working and in the public eye everyday since he lost primaries

most pols drop out of the spotlight once they lose a presidential primary or general election because their campaigns are about them not the country.

[beam me up scottie]

26. Yes he has, this is one of the reasons why he's still so well regarded.

Other candidates faded into the woodwork after the loss but not Bernie. He's out there going above and beyond trying to rally opposition against Trump and support for our causes.

We should be holding town halls all over the country right now.

[kacekwl]

6. Don't want to rehash again

but IMO we missed a golden opportunity. I voted for Hillary so don't go there. Just saying.

[Scruffy1]

10. I usually don't say it.

I see no point in looking back. The question is, how do we put together a big enough coalition to stop trump? This is actually the first time in many years where I think it would be possible to bring the left into a bigger tent, but I'm afraid that the third way bunch doesn't see it that way.Where I live, I would estimate that about one fourth of the voters are not involved with the party because they see it as not progressive enough. We still run about 80% Democratic, but we really need that other 20% in state wide races. I'm mainly talking about the many who do not vote. They are not all apathetic.

[4bucksagallon]

7. It's a shame Bernie has to stay as an independent just to show the D's how to lead.

I don't blame him though as long as the D's show they have no spine this downward spiral will continue.

[yodermon]

8. But he's not a Democrat, so , you know, fuck him n/t

[George II]

9. Fox News survey.

[bekkilyn]

11. No surprise either

When I saw the video of him sitting next to that woman in West Virginia just listening to everything she had to say, it brought tears to my eyes. Bernie cares in his actions as well as words and he's out there boots to the ground every day and it shows. We need hundreds of people like Bernie all around the country.

[Ligyron]

12. He's a winner.

or would have been.

[jalan48]

13. Bernie's real-the people get it.

[Amimnoch]

14. Posting on DU about a Fox News Poll for an Independent Candidate?

Ridiculous.

[yurbud]

22. there's a clear lesson in here for Democrats if they want to win

[yurbud]

23. the same polls that showed Bernie up +41% among independents showed Dems

only a few points more popular than Republicans.

Democrats are more progressive than Republicans there's no doubt, but it is also clear that certain corporate and banking interests have veto power over just how much progress we can have.

Likewise, I don't think their is a lot of grassroots support for overthrowing more countries in the Middle East and even stirring conflict with real powers like Russia and China, who have no plans to attack America unless we threaten or interfere in their internal affairs too much, but "centrists" actively pursue these policies and try to persuade the rest of us that it is somehow in our interests.

[zentrum]

15. Love Bernie. He's...

....actively organizing the resistance among the people. It's all about the issues for him.

[Equinox Moon]

16. Bernie would have been a GREAT President.

[murielm99]

17. The people did not want him.

He lost the primaries by about four million votes. They wanted Hillary. Get over yourselves and stop rehashing the primaries. She won the general by about three million popular votes.

[Equinox Moon]

18. Sorry that my comment was hard for you.

"Bernie would have been a GREAT President."

This statement has nothing to do with HRC or anything else. It is not rehashing the primaries. I simply am stating my opinion about Bernie.

Why is that so hard for you?

[Arazi]

20. Big kick and rec! eom

[beam me up scottie]

24. Fascinating survey - Bernie, the ACA and Planned Parenthood all had high favorability.

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If this was a typical Fox viewer poll none of them would have done well.

And it wasn't a poll of Fox viewers - it was a random sample of registered voters. From the link:

The Fox News Poll is conducted under the joint direction of Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R). The poll was conducted by telephone with live interviewers March 12-14, 2017 among a random national sample of 1,008 registered voters (RV). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.

[FSogol]

25. "A fascinating new survey from Fox News"!