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JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 06:22 PM Jun 2016

Hillary Clinton Popularity battered in a tight race in California-Men cite *Scandal* as reason

LA Times
June 2, 2016

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in a tight race in California as the campaign batters her Popularity

Hillary Clinton’s popularity has slumped in California under an unrelenting challenge from Bernie Sanders, who has succeeded in breaching the demographic wall Clinton had counted on to protect her in the state’s presidential primary, a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll has found.

As he has done across the country this primary season, Sanders commands the support of younger voters by huge margins in advance of Tuesday’s primary — even among Latinos and Asians, voter groups that Clinton easily won when she ran eight years ago. Many of his backers come from a large pool of voters who have registered for the first time in the weeks before the election.

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The Vermont senator has battled Clinton to a draw among all voters eligible for the Democratic primary, with 44% siding with him to 43% for Clinton. That represented a nine-point swing from a USC/Los Angeles Times poll in March, in which Clinton led handily.

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Among those likely voters not supporting Clinton, the reasons differed by gender. Women were more likely to say she was not “genuine,” while men most often cited “scandal.”


Read more: http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-87427871/



Good for Bernie for staying until the convention! Every vote Counts! Count Every Vote

This poll is undoubtedly why Clinton cancelled her NJ campaign stops and has added more California campaign stops in her schedule.

ETA to show why the Times says her campaign is battered






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Hillary Clinton Popularity battered in a tight race in California-Men cite *Scandal* as reason (Original Post) JimDandy Jun 2016 OP
Wait, wut? She has popularity? nt Xipe Totec Jun 2016 #1
It's hard to understand from a Progressive like me who has championed democratic positions JimDandy Jun 2016 #4
and it's the "campaign" that is battering it ! GreatGazoo Jun 2016 #6
Meh, she will be declared the presumptive nominee when polls close in my state. Beacool Jun 2016 #2
I'm going to be celebrating down by the path! bettyellen Jun 2016 #9
Me too!!! Beacool Jun 2016 #22
Yes, the corporate media has been very clear that they plan to preemptively do so. JimDandy Jun 2016 #13
and his reward for keeping it close, or maybe even eeking out a small win in California, is geek tragedy Jun 2016 #3
also possibly increasing his own influence within the party. (n/t) thesquanderer Jun 2016 #5
very possibly, but overreach is also something to be avoided nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #7
The impact that Sanders and his Progressive supporters have had on Clinton and the Democratic Party JimDandy Jun 2016 #14
then it's in all of his supporters' interest to make sure geek tragedy Jun 2016 #15
It is on ALL on Hillary... JimDandy Jun 2016 #16
if she loses, than Sanders's campaign's effect on her went to waste. geek tragedy Jun 2016 #17
If you think the campaign is battering her popularity, you're in a SERIOUS state of denial about HC Skwmom Jun 2016 #8
That's the LA Times headline, not mine. JimDandy Jun 2016 #10
Sorry. I didn't make it clear. I was referring to the corporate hack who wrote the article. Skwmom Jun 2016 #11
The LA times endorsed Clinton, and if they could have spun this poll's statistics JimDandy Jun 2016 #12
His whistle stops are 2-hour bash fests. ucrdem Jun 2016 #18
Thank you for the link DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #19
See, now THAT is a fair representation of the poll statistics and what the paper printed. Thanks. JimDandy Jun 2016 #20
I posted the likely voters number as that is what matters... DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #21
But...but...it's all Bernie's fault democrattotheend Jun 2016 #23

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
4. It's hard to understand from a Progressive like me who has championed democratic positions
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 06:33 PM
Jun 2016

as a life-long Democrat.

I recently left the party after the anti-democratic shenanigans her campaign pulled in Nevada: She engineered an UNPRECEDENTED nullification of all votes cast at all NV County Democratic Conventions statewide.

UNPRECDENTED - as in No Democratic State Party nationwide has ever done that before.

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
22. Me too!!!
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 10:12 PM
Jun 2016

She'll be a good president. Her speech today on foreign policy and the way she attacked Trump, is more proof of the difference between a thoughtful person who is smart and knowledgeable, and a buffoon.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
3. and his reward for keeping it close, or maybe even eeking out a small win in California, is
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 06:26 PM
Jun 2016

losing the primary contest and the nomination to Hillary Clinton.

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
14. The impact that Sanders and his Progressive supporters have had on Clinton and the Democratic Party
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 07:16 PM
Jun 2016

will be felt for a very long time.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
15. then it's in all of his supporters' interest to make sure
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 07:21 PM
Jun 2016

his effect on Clinton didn't go to waste.

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
16. It is on ALL on Hillary...
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 07:26 PM
Jun 2016

She is responsible for every vote she gets, and every vote she doesn't.

My efforts go elsewhere.

My concerns are not hers, so my concerns are not of her.



 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
17. if she loses, than Sanders's campaign's effect on her went to waste.
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 07:31 PM
Jun 2016

funny that you're mostly indifferent to that happening

if she loses, we also get a mentally unstable fascist as president

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
10. That's the LA Times headline, not mine.
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 06:51 PM
Jun 2016

That was their main take away, apparently, from the poll. I'm not there on the ground, but I'll take their word for it.





JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
12. The LA times endorsed Clinton, and if they could have spun this poll's statistics
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 07:05 PM
Jun 2016

any harder to support her, I'm sure they would have.

Not familiar with the specific author, though.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
18. His whistle stops are 2-hour bash fests.
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 07:37 PM
Jun 2016

I knew he was doing it but I was alarmed when I heard it first hand. No can say he hasn't been running a negative campaign from the start, and he doesn't have to name anyone to bash them, though he does name Secretary Clinton. And the Democratic party. And the DNC. And Democrats. So yes, he's having an effect. It's like he's on a mission of vengeance and though he'll be gone in a week the effect of his tour is going to linger until November and beyond.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
21. I posted the likely voters number as that is what matters...
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 08:39 PM
Jun 2016

Notice a trend:


http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/primary-forecast/california-democratic/#polls-only


http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/ca/california_democratic_presidential_primary-5321.html


http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-california-democratic-presidential-primary


They all use likely voters... This isn't POS 601 stuff...


POS 601 - Research Methods And Analysis

Description: Introduces the practice of political inquiry. Emphasizes the structuring of scientific inquiry, quantitative and qualitative methodologies, and analysis. Letter grade only.


democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
23. But...but...it's all Bernie's fault
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 10:39 PM
Jun 2016

Nevermind the fact that Bernie has refused every opportunity to talk about the e-mail scandal for more than a second.

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