Bernie Sanders Has More Diverse Support Than You Think

[Uncle Joe]

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Many of those women are from the suburbs, the same ones Trump needs to win. Sanders received “over $13 million in small-dollar donations from nearly 280,000 suburban women. Combining small- and large-dollar donations, Sanders earned more than any other presidential candidate amongst suburban women with a total of $15 million from small and large donors alike.”

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Suburban women aren’t the only counterintuitive demographic for a candidate whose supporters are often referred to as “Bernie Bros” and assumed to be young, leftist white men. In addition to Fortune’s reporting, Foreign Policy examined political contributions from U.S. national security agency staff, also using data from the Center for Responsive Politics. Per Foreign Policy:

When combining contribution amounts together, Sanders is the biggest beneficiary of national security support, followed by [Mayor Pete] Buttigieg and Warren. Democratic front-runner Biden and President Donald Trump trail behind those candidates, ranking no higher than third for any one department.

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Sanders, The New York Times reported this weekend, “has collected more money from Latino voters than any other candidate in the Democratic field, raising three times as much from the group as Barack Obama did in 2008.”

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/bernie-sanders-has-more-diverse-support-than-you-think/

[vsrazdem]

1. Yes, and there is this too:

new poll finds that, among 1,115 adult respondents living in the United States, 2020 Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders is "the best" on several particular issues, including healthcare, the environment, immigration, the economy and jobs.

Conducted by Ipsos on behalf of Reuters between November 1-4, the poll asked respondents to "select the candidate from the list below you think is best on that particular issue," with Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Beto O'Rourke and Cory Booker available as selections. Among independents and self-identified Democrats (these questions were not asked of Republican respondents), Bernie Sanders was the preferred candidate in every policy category, which included "immigration," "health care," "the environment" and "the economy and jobs."

https://www.newsweek.com/2020-democratic-primary-bernie-sanders-polls-policies-democratic-socialism-1469949

[Uncle Joe]

2. Thanks for the addition vsrazdem.

[corbettkroehler]

15. Agreed - Nice Addition!

[left-of-center2012]

3. Then why is he falling in the polls?

[Uncle Joe]

4. I don't believe Bernie is failing in the polls.

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Conducted by Ipsos on behalf of Reuters between November 1-4, the poll asked respondents to "select the candidate from the list below you think is best on that particular issue," with Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Beto O'Rourke and Cory Booker available as selections. Among independents and self-identified Democrats (these questions were not asked of Republican respondents), Bernie Sanders was the preferred candidate in every policy category, which included "immigration," "health care," "the environment" and "the economy and jobs."

Sixteen percent of respondents agreed Bernie Sanders was the "best on" immigration issues, followed by Joe Biden with 13 percent and Elizabeth Warren with 10 percent. The same ranking of the top three candidates was similar when it came to the economy and jobs, but wider divisions between candidate preference were evident in other policy areas.

Sanders was the clear preference when it came to health care, at 24 percent—a reflection of the central role a single-payer "Medicare for All" plan has played in his campaign—with Warren at 15 and Biden at 14. Sanders was also substantially ahead when it came to environmental issues, such as the New Green Deal, polling at 20 percentage points to Biden's 12 and Warren's 11.

The poll found similar plurality support for Sanders' policy positions when narrowed to only self-identified Democrats, with Sanders demonstrating a substantial lead in healthcare and the environment, but tied with Joe Biden for the top spot when it comes to the economy and immigration.

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https://www.newsweek.com/2020-democratic-primary-bernie-sanders-polls-policies-democratic-socialism-1469949

[left-of-center2012]

5. ok

Monday, November 11
New Hampshire Democratic Presidential Primary
Quinnipiac

Biden 20
Warren 16
Buttigieg 15
Sanders 14

Gabbard 6
Yang 4
Klobuchar 3
Steyer 3
Booker 1
Bennet 1
Sestak 0

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/democratic_nomination_polls/

[Uncle Joe]

6. Why do you believe that is? n/t

[ritapria]

9. That NH Poll grossly oversampled Mod/CONS

Over half of the NH Quinnipiac sample were Mod/Cons... In 2016 Mod/Cons constituted only 31% of the Dem Primary Vote ... A very poor effort by Quinnipiac

[vsrazdem]

10. The polls are not sampling the younger vote enough. Virginia had the largest turnout of young

voters in history this month, 300% more, higher than any other category. Pollsters tend to undersample younger voters, as they have cell phones, don't answer unknown numbers, and are not likely voters. I do not think they are being represented adequatetly in these polls and if there is a 300% increase nationwide in the youth vote, we are going to have some surprises.

[floppyboo]

14. YES!!!

[Uncle Joe]

16. I couldn't agree more vsrazdem

The polls are not sampling the younger vote enough. Virginia had the largest turnout of young

voters in history this month, 300% more, higher than any other category. Pollsters tend to undersample younger voters, as they have cell phones, don't answer unknown numbers, and are not likely voters. I do not think they are being represented adequatetly in these polls and if there is a 300% increase nationwide in the youth vote, we are going to have some surprises.

[George II]

8. He's at 17.6 nationally as of Friday, 17.8 a month earlier, 18.8 in May and 23.0 in April....

He was second for months until mid-summer, and third ever since.

[Joe941]

11. Actually he is surging.

[LanternWaste]

12. Surging most certainly. Just in a downward direction.

[EmInColorado]

13. You're correct

Bernie is the only candidate of the top 3 who is on an upward trajectory. Warren & Biden are trending downwards.

Link to tweet

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[George II]

7. Gender and race are not reported to the FEC, nor is age when that comes up...

I don't know how any analysis can come up with these conclusions.