Poll: Hillary Clinton still leads Sanders and Biden, but by less

[portlander23]

USA Today: Poll: Hillary Clinton still leads Sanders and Biden, but by less

Hillary Clinton continues to lead the Democratic field in a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, but she no longer commands the support of a majority of Democrats as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Vice President Biden gain ground.

Clinton is backed by 41% of likely Democratic primary voters, a double-digit drop since the USA TODAY poll taken two months ago, and Sanders is supported by 23%, a jump. Biden is the choice of 20% even though he hasn't announced whether he will jump in the race.

Clinton remains the clear front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, leading Sanders by 18 percentage points and Biden by 21. But her challenges also are clear. In July, for instance, her favorable-unfavorable rating was narrowly negative, at 43%-47%. Now that gap has grown to 12 points, at 39%-51%.

In contrast, Sanders has a 37%-33% favorable-unfavorable rating, and Biden's favorable rating is a healthy 51%-35%.

Asked for a single word that describes each contender, the most frequent response for Clinton was "liar/dishonest," followed by "untrustworthy/fake." For Sanders, the most frequent response was "socialist" and the second most frequent "favorable/good." For Biden, the top response was "favorable/like," followed by "honest/honorable," although the top five answers for him also included "idiot/joke" and "fun/character/goofy."

[randys1]

1. So the MANUFACTURED bullshit Benghazi and email stories ARE WORKING!

[Uncle Joe]

3. It's kind of ironic the former Independent in this poll is the only one to have

the word "Democrat" in the top five descriptive words.

Thanks for the thread, portlander.

[portlander23]

5. Yeah, no kidding

[BlueWaveDem]

4. Go Hillary!

[BlueWaveDem]

7. WHOA!

[Baltimore18]

8. 54% do not want more debates.

"The poll also found that 54% of those surveyed do not want more debates than the six already approved."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/01/politics/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-poll/index.html

[pinebox]

9. They're scared

that the truth will be televised.