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DeepModem Mom

(38,402 posts)
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 02:01 PM Sep 2015

Polls Prove Media's Coverage of Hillary Clinton Is Downright Irresponsible (HILLARY GROUP)

Casual observers of recent media coverage would reasonably conclude that the Hillary Clinton campaign is in serious trouble. Headlines across news sources allege her falling poll numbers and once secure spot of the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. But a closer inspection of the most recent poll by Quinnipiac University that has spawned the headlines "Hillary slips, Trump rises in national poll" and "Hillary Clinton Hits Lows on Favorability, Trustworthiness in new poll," among hundreds of others, reveals a very different story--Hillary Clinton's position is strong and her opponents are the ones who are in trouble.

Here is what the poll really shows about Clinton:

1. She wins the Democratic nomination handily: Clinton beats Sanders by a whopping 23 points (45 percent vs. 22 percent) and Biden by 27 points. For all the talk of Sanders' surge and Biden's popularity, Democratic voters overwhelmingly favor Clinton as their nominee.

2. She beats the Republicans: Clinton tops Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump in head-to-head match-ups. Curiously, this result didn't even make it into Quinnipiac's press release narrative.

3. She wins demographic groups that are key to success in 2016...

4. Everyone's favorability ratings are suffering: Clinton isn't the only one with net negative favorability scores--voters also have negative impressions of both Bush and Trump. Clinton is also more liked among members of her Party (76 percent of Democrats give her a positive rating) than Bush and Trump among Republicans (59 percent favorable).

5. She is seen as a stronger leader than both Sanders and Biden: Lost in the buzz about her trustworthiness scores is an arguably even more important score--leadership qualities. A majority of voters (57 percent) say Clinton has strong leadership qualities compared to 35 percent who say the same about Sanders and 46 percent about Biden....

As political consultant Peter D. Rosenstein said of this poll and others: "Any candidate seeing numbers like Hillary has in those polls would be opening champagne and their opponents would be figuring out what they are doing wrong." So why, then, does the media report otherwise?

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/8066832 via Huffington Post

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Polls Prove Media's Coverage of Hillary Clinton Is Downright Irresponsible (HILLARY GROUP) (Original Post) DeepModem Mom Sep 2015 OP
she's actually now winning by 35 ericson00 Sep 2015 #1
thanks for the post. riversedge Sep 2015 #16
K & R Iliyah Sep 2015 #2
I think debategate is one of those Control-Z Sep 2015 #4
It really is funny kjones Sep 2015 #13
I like it... DeepModem Mom Sep 2015 #14
They want a horse race mcar Sep 2015 #3
The M$M wants a horse race. ffr Sep 2015 #10
Exactly right ffr mcar Sep 2015 #11
But I was told at 'Democratic' Underground just yesterday that she's only leading by 7. onehandle Sep 2015 #5
My 84 year old mother and 89 year old mother in law can't wait to vote for Hillary! It's nice to see livetohike Sep 2015 #6
84 and 89 kjones Sep 2015 #12
Dad died at age 80 in 2004 four days after the election. Father in law died at age 67 back in livetohike Sep 2015 #15
Good to hear, livetohike.. Glad you're for Hillary! Cha Sep 2015 #17
She will be elected Cha and I will do all that I can to make that happen. livetohike Sep 2015 #18
Thank you in PA! Cha Sep 2015 #19
and the email rtracey Sep 2015 #7
Think you for this post BrainMann1 Sep 2015 #8
It is said that polls are a snapshot in time - not a snapshot in time machine lame54 Sep 2015 #9
The best revenge will be camera close ups of the anti-Hills at oasis Sep 2015 #20

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
2. K & R
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 02:06 PM
Sep 2015

Corporate smelly media touts HRC is in BIG TROUBLE, oh my. E-mailgate, Benghazigate, everygate they can manufacture, now MSNBC touting Debategate.

What a load of crap. Anywho, HRC will be the next President of the Unites States of America!

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
4. I think debategate is one of those
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 03:08 PM
Sep 2015

"be careful what you ask for" things. Hillary is great in debates.

kjones

(1,053 posts)
13. It really is funny
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 05:30 PM
Sep 2015

For all the hubbub about how Hillary is a "corporate shill" of some
sort, she sure doesn't seem to get much help from the corporate
media. And for a supposed "conservative" she sure doesn't seem
to get a lot of support from them either.
Even Bernie get's more conservative support...


They can "Bernie bounce" all day, but we have the
community power of the Hillary Hug.
Keep up the hard work people.

(Not sure if something like that would catch on)


ffr

(22,669 posts)
10. The M$M wants a horse race.
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 04:57 PM
Sep 2015

Oh, you beat me to it.

Every election cycle it's the same thing. Reporting gets skewed weirdly to knock down the front runner and boost rivals and almost never the other way around, no matter how many different news stories are in circulation.

Which only goes to prove, that you need to be skeptical of any news story nowadays.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
5. But I was told at 'Democratic' Underground just yesterday that she's only leading by 7.
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 03:32 PM
Sep 2015

Now I don't know who to believe.








...heh.


livetohike

(22,140 posts)
6. My 84 year old mother and 89 year old mother in law can't wait to vote for Hillary! It's nice to see
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 03:52 PM
Sep 2015

some good polling news I think many from my Mom's generation will be getting to the polls to vote for Hillary.

kjones

(1,053 posts)
12. 84 and 89
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 05:15 PM
Sep 2015

What ages are (were) your father/father in law?

Your kids will be set for genes if they're anything similar!

Hoping I got some good ones too, from my 85/87 g-g-parents and 84 grandma
(other side, of course, ha.) I should have about 6 decades to find out though!

livetohike

(22,140 posts)
15. Dad died at age 80 in 2004 four days after the election. Father in law died at age 67 back in
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 06:27 PM
Sep 2015

1992. I never had children. I hope to make it into my 90's. Thirty more years to go !

May you live long and prosper .

 

rtracey

(2,062 posts)
7. and the email
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 04:04 PM
Sep 2015

and the MSM went ballistic when the state department released 7000 more emails.......ummmm... THATS WHAT SHE WANTED TOO DO... SHE SAID TO RELEASE THE EMAILS.... YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A REASON TOO DESTROY HER.... AND YOU WILL FAIL

Sorry, yelling is not good, but sometimes the MSM need to have a few words screamed into their hideous ears

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