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magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 05:16 PM Oct 2015

Bernie Sanders gaining on Hillary Clinton in California

Hillary Rodham Clinton remains 12 percentage points ahead of the surging Bernie Sanders, according to a new Field Poll, but her support among likely Democratic voters in California has plummeted.

The poll, released Wednesday, reflects Clinton’s weakened but still-frontrunner status nationally in the presidential primary. The California measure is striking in contrast to the overwhelming support Clinton previously enjoyed in this heavily Democratic state.

Clinton, struggling with ongoing controversy surrounding her use of personal email while secretary of state, dropped 19 percentage points in the poll from May, to 47 percent. Sanders, who polled in single digits five months ago, shot up 26 percentage points, to 35 percent.


Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article38007336.html#storylink=cpy

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Bernie Sanders gaining on Hillary Clinton in California (Original Post) magical thyme Oct 2015 OP
Fourth posting of this on the first page of GD-P alone since noon. onehandle Oct 2015 #1

onehandle

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1. Fourth posting of this on the first page of GD-P alone since noon.
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 05:52 PM
Oct 2015

Does reposting the same links and stories over and over in the same forum give it magical powers or something?

Maybe there aren't actually 4x as many Senator Sanders' supporters here. Maybe they just post 4x as often.

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