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OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
Thu May 28, 2015, 11:11 AM May 2015

Clinton still way ahead with Democrats - HRC GROUP POST

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-28/five-republicans-tie-for-first-in-quinnipiac-2016-poll

tucked away in the latest Quinnipiac poll....

Among Democrats, Clinton has a wide lead with 57 percent. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders came in a distant second with 15 percent. Vice President Joe Biden took 9 percent. Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley was tied with former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee and former Virginia Senator Jim Webb at 1 percent.
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Clinton still way ahead with Democrats - HRC GROUP POST (Original Post) OKNancy May 2015 OP
spoil sport DURHAM D May 2015 #1
Yet Cnn says her opponents are surging. hrmjustin May 2015 #2
CNN would say that workinclasszero May 2015 #4
CNN needs a horserace. If they have to invent one sufrommich May 2015 #7
Yay Hillary! workinclasszero May 2015 #3
She is a Star! More Beautiful & Bright as any other. misterhighwasted May 2015 #5
All I need to know: yallerdawg May 2015 #6
Wonder how Sanders stacks up in a vs. Rs poll? okasha May 2015 #9
I think the polling explanations have been... yallerdawg May 2015 #10
Makes sense. okasha May 2015 #11
Sanders still seems to be stuck in the teens. okasha May 2015 #8
Very interesting considering what we are repeatedly told: yallerdawg May 2015 #12
I really thought Sanders would do better then 15% 4now May 2015 #13
Dropping Biden should help Clinton gemlake May 2015 #14
I think the Biden numbers okasha May 2015 #15

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
5. She is a Star! More Beautiful & Bright as any other.
Thu May 28, 2015, 11:32 AM
May 2015

She is da bomb. Smart, lovely & far more world knowing than any chasing after her.
And she has earned every one of her stellar credentials.

That's our girl*****

^H^I^L^L^A^R^Y^S. ^A ^S^T^A^R

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
6. All I need to know:
Thu May 28, 2015, 11:58 AM
May 2015

"Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton leads every Republican she’s tested against by 4 to 18 percentage points in hypothetical head-to-head contests."

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
10. I think the polling explanations have been...
Thu May 28, 2015, 12:49 PM
May 2015

since so few know who Senator Sanders (I-VT) is, polling would be pointless without explaining who he is, while Hillary has 100% name recognition.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
11. Makes sense.
Thu May 28, 2015, 12:55 PM
May 2015

My gut feeling, given the general public indifference to him, lack of funding, etc., is that Sanders may hit a plateau around 18-20 percent, then fade rapidly.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
8. Sanders still seems to be stuck in the teens.
Thu May 28, 2015, 12:41 PM
May 2015

If I recall correctly, he was at 13% before, so he's gotten exactly 2% out of his saturation of the talk shows and official announcement.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
12. Very interesting considering what we are repeatedly told:
Thu May 28, 2015, 02:46 PM
May 2015

Democrats identifying as very liberal support Hillary at 61%.

Very liberal Democrats support Senator Sanders (I-VT) at 28%.

That's pretty close to 2 out of 3 liberals prefer Hillary!

"1, 2, 3, 4, I declare a flame war!" Just kidding..............aren't I?

Numbers from poll:

DEMOCRATS/DEMOCRATIC LEANERS...
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
LIBERAL..... Mod/
Tot Very Smwht Cons Men Wom

Biden 9% 4% 8% 10% 10% 7%

Clinton 57 61 57 54 47 64

Sanders 15 28 15 10 19 11


4now

(1,596 posts)
13. I really thought Sanders would do better then 15%
Thu May 28, 2015, 03:49 PM
May 2015

He is going to have to do much better then that if he doesn't want to become a joke candidate.
But I guess it is better then O'Malley's 1%.

gemlake

(581 posts)
14. Dropping Biden should help Clinton
Fri May 29, 2015, 04:18 AM
May 2015

I wonder how long the polls will continue to include Biden. Clinton's numbers should improve slightly once he drops out. And O'Malley's entry into the race may help split the anti-Clinton vote.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
15. I think the Biden numbers
Fri May 29, 2015, 04:22 PM
May 2015

express loyalty to Obama more than any real support for Biden. The VP is the conventional next candidate, but Baden himself hasn't uttered a syllable indicating that he wants to run.

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