Popular vote so far (in millions): Hillary-8.66, Trump-7.45, Bernie-5.91

[ProudToBeLiberal]

Bernie keeps saying that he has a better chance of beating Donald Trump. In fact, he is trailing him in the popular vote. The only person who beats Trump is Hillary. Hillary beats Trump by more than 1.2 million votes. She's beating Sanders by 2.75 million so far.

If Bernie can't beat Hillary, how the hell does he think he is going to beat Trump. Numbers don't lie. Hillary is the best person to beat Trump and she's already doing it.

[Politicalboi]

1. Big states are coming

Bernie is going to kick ass.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Like New York

Politicalboi (14,372 posts)
1. Big states are coming

Bernie is going to kick ass.

Like New YorK:





Empire State Shock Poll -Clinton 71% Sanders 23%

In the Democratic primary, Clinton is ahead of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders by 48 points, taking 71% of the vote to Sanders’s 23%. The former Secretary of State holds a massive advantage in key demographic groups, including men (66% to 29%), women (73% to 20%), African Americans (72% to 22%) and Hispanics (85% to 8%). Younger voters, ages 18-34, favor Sanders, but by a slimmer margin (53% to 40%) than in many primary states. Among all other age groups, Clinton dominates, leading by 45 points (ages 35-54), 50 points (ages 55-74), and 67 points (ages 75+).

Clinton and Sanders have similar favorability numbers with likely Democratic primary voters. Her favorable/unfavorable ratio is 82%/15% (+67); his is 63%/26% (+37). However Clinton garners far more loyalty: 85% of those who view her favorably plan to vote for her in the primary, while only 31% who have a favorable view of Sanders intend to vote for him.

http://www.theecps.com/

[ucrdem]

6. He is not going to break 40% in Cali

and that's if he's still running in June. I personally hope he is, as my Rep is trying to get the two of them to come and debate in my town. Frankly I don't see why they would, but it's a fine idea.

[NuclearDem]

8. Texas, Virginia, Florida, Ohio and Illinois are tiny states!

[geek tragedy]

16. He will do well in small states.

We will get decimated in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland.

[leveymg]

2. Total cast: 31m. GOP 17, Dems 14, Hillary 8, Bernie 6. Houston, we have a problem

Acknowledge, or game over in November. They're mobilized like crazy, and we have an enthusiasm gap of historic proportions.

[ucrdem]

5. Shazam!

Thanks for that!

p.s. let's say they split Bernie's vote, for all the usual reasons: Hillary still wins.

[Marrah_G]

7. The problem I see with Clinton being the nominee is this:

I think Clinton does not motivate new or inconsistant voters to the polls. She gets all the usual Dem voters, but not much else.

Add to that the intense hatred many on the right have towards her she will not get any of them to vote for against trump.

Bernie has a real groundswell of voters and is also an acceptable choice for more moderate conservatives over Trump.

I think she is a risky candidate.

That's my opinion.

[RAFisher]

9. Is there a correlation between primary votes and general election votes?

There could be. But how strong is the correlation? It seems hard to believe that these votes from a non-random assortment swing states and non-swing states are better at predicting the general election than hypothetical national polling.

[nc4bo]

10. Ummmm.....nearly 6 million people? That's a quite a haul for a nobody. nt

[silvershadow]

11. popular votes do not win elections. nt

[Kittycat]

14. Exactly. Caucuses.

Caucuses don't have the same turn out, but are great way to show mobilizing effort and build energy for voter engagement.

[ibegurpard]

12. you're not adding all the other Republican votes

This is meaningless data otherwise

[ProudToBeLiberal]

13. Can we at least agree that Hillary has the most votes? nt

[seabeyond]

15. Clinton, 2.75 million ahead! Hoo Yah. Nt.

[Persondem]

17. More people need to see this. Thank you. K & R nt