Polls show Bernie Sanders winning the Democractic Nomination

[leftcoastmountains]

Let's hope so!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/polls-show-bernie-sanders-winning-the-democratic-nomination_b_8069452.html

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. Argghh. I don't do Huffpo.

Whose polls? Are they polls from 3 months in the future or so?

[leftcoastmountains]

4. I think

he's taking past polls and projecting forward. I realize
it's his opinion. I also know The Huff has a liberal bias but
hey doesn't it feel good? Would you rather see doom and gloom?
There's plenty of that around. Maybe you wanted to see something
more concrete? I think you are going to have to wait on that one.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

5. I don't do Huff because of all the non-political twaddle onsite.

Not because of any political leanings they might or might not have.

But I'm a realist. I'm realistically hopeful that his trend lines continue, but the national numbers are climbing teeth-grindingly slowly, probably because of all the people who feel they might as well vote the devil they know, because 'he can't win'.

But I'll dance a little jig with every new poll that shows him gaining ground.

[sabrina 1]

8. Actually they are climbing very fast. We had a candidate with 100% name recognition, who was

considered pretty much unbeatable, who was well funded, and polls showed her to be consistently in the 80s, we saw them here almost daily.

No one with even close to her name recognition was ready to challenge her.

Then along came a virtual unknown Senator from a tiny NE state who was refusing Corporate donations, had almost zero name recognition and the experts were amused more than anything else. 'How do you win you are at 3% in the polls' people asked?

That was just under 3 months ago.

Now Bernie has been consistently on an upward trend, his poll numbers averaging in the mid 20s, beating Hillary in NH and right behind her now in Iowa.

No one expected this, even many of his supporters who may have WISHED for it, weren't sure.

The tide has now turned, as his poll numbers continue to go up, Hillary's have begun to slide. That latest polls showing her, for the first time, under 50% in several polls.

And Bernie really has just begun.


I thought if he hit 25% it would be great but since I knew few people knew who he was, that would be a very difficult climb.

And still half the country doesn't know him yet, though that is beginning to change.

Let's what he does over the next three months.

He was supposed to be 'off the radar' of voters by now.

The people have a lot of power when they join together as is happening with this candidacy. And growing each day.

So I believe he can and will get the nomination.

[merrily]

6. No poll that has not already been posted at DU. It's a trajectory kind of argument.

It's an interesting article though.

[daleanime]

2. And let's keep working....

no letting up on the gas until we cross the finish line.

At which point we'll have a brief pit-stop and then the real race will begin.

[senz]

10. I'm thinking it's the most important work of our lifetimes.

At this time Bernie is showing the only path leading out of the anti-democratic swamp that Lewis Powell and Ronald Reagan pushed us into all those decades ago. No other candidate is ready to fundamentally change the direction of this country -- back to what the founders intended, which is democracy, respect for the individual.

So if we care, we have to push for it now with everything we've got.

And you're right, daleanime, it's for now and the long haul.

[n8dogg83]

3. While I admire Mr. Goodman's confidence in Bernie's chances of winning....

We Bernie supporters need to keep up the hard work of getting him nominated. We still face a largely uphill battle, but I think we can pull it off if his groundswell of grassroots support is any indication!!

[merrily]

7. PREACH!

[senz]

9. The piece follows the trajectory of the two candidates

and yes if this continues, Bernie could very well win.

But there's an article in today's WaPo that could serve as a warning about what might happen if Bernie does win: some of the HRC forces never did forgive Obama for 2008.

"Within Clinton’s circle, resentments against Obama persisted for years." It's interesting.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/09/01/within-clintons-circle-resentments-against-obama-persisted-for-years/

[eridani]

11. I like good news as much as anyone, but please remember--

--it will take a hell of an organizational effort to overcome money, both in the primary and the GE.