Sanders surges past Hillary among college students

[Ichingcarpenter]

A new poll released by Chegg Media Center on Tuesday finds Sanders the overwhelming favorite on college campuses, drawing 59 percent of the student vote.
Former first lady Hillary Clinton, considered the Democratic favorite going into the election, draws just 18 percent support from the coveted college bloc, while Vice President Biden — who is yet to commit to a presidential run — sits at 14 percent support among university students.

The poll also shows that Clinton and Biden are deadlocked at 29 percent for students’ second choice in the Democratic primary.

Sanders has the highest favorability rating among Democrats at 62 percent, while Clinton is seen as the most unfavorable, with 47 percent of students expressing disapproval of the former secretary of State.

The same poll conducted in late June, about a month after Sanders announced his White House bid, found that students preferred Clinton by a 40 to 26 percent margin.

However, the junior senator from Vermont has steadily increased his lead among university-goers.


http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/253807-sanders-surges-past-hillary-among-college-students

[Divernan]

1. In August Sanders increased lead over HRC from 9 to 28%

In an early August iteration of the poll, Sanders took the lead from Clinton by a 40 to 31 percent margin, and in a poll later that month, he was up 48 to 20 percent, while Clinton has been dogged by an FBI investigation into her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of State.

Only 6 percent of students identify as socialists, but that has not stopped them from supporting the avowed Democratic socialist.

Clinton also received the highest unfavorable rating in the Democratic field with 47 percent of college students holding negative views of the former first lady, earning her a net-negative score of 47-42 percent. Meanwhile, Sanders had the highest favorability rating of any candidate, Democratic or Republican, with 62 percent of students viewing him positively.

And while the article gratuitously mentions her ongoing email problems, that was not part of the poll of students. I give the students credit for having far more serious policy concerns influencing their choice to support Sanders. In other words, should the email brouhaha end tomorrow, it would not impact their choice of candidates.

These students vote, and they influence their family members' votes.

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. They also have more energy than me

to knock on doors, hand out leaflets, engage others at school, social network is also bigger than us old farts, go to meetings, organize and then vote.

[peacebird]

3. And they are fired up! all good!

[Dems to Win]

4. Donna Brazile sent the following tweet: #Bernie2016

https://twitter.com/donnabrazile/status/644336284186595330

She attached her one word note to this tweet she forwarded:

Michelle
‏@winelibrarian
I would pay cash money for every single Republican on this stage to debate @BernieSanders right now. Let's crowdsource this, man.

https://twitter.com/winelibrarian/status/644334646323474433

People have replied to Donna, asking if this means she is endorsing Bernie. She has not responded.

If anyone has better computer skills than me and can post a screenshot of the tweet as an OP, please do.

If she's really supporting Bernie, that's BIG. Former Al Gore campaign manager, current CNN pundit. She could bring more people along to support Bernie.

[Enthusiast]

5. Thanks for that little tidbit.

[djean111]

6. All that super pac money just whizzes right past them.

They look stuff up. They do their own research. And they are not on some "D" team.

[pinebox]

7. Screenshot

It was actually a RT but yup!
Time to go speak with some HRC supporters on there with their responses heh

[Dems to Win]

8. nice screenshot!