Sanders leads big in West Virginia poll
Source: W Post
By David Weigel
West Virginia, a lightly-polled state that gave Hillary Clinton one of her biggest victories in the 2008 Democratic primary, is the latest to show evidence of white, working-class voters moving toward Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). In a new West Virginia poll of 208 likely voters conducted for MetroNews, Sanders leads with 57 percent support; Clinton trails with 29 percent.
If those numbers held up in the May 10 primary, they would represent one of the primary season's most dramatic reversals. Eight years ago, West Virginia held one of the last contests, after an Obama win in North Carolina gave him an insurmountable delegate lead. Clinton, who had just won Indiana in a squeaker, suggested that "Senator Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again."
In West Virginia, she proved it, carrying every county and beating Obama by a 42-point margin. Victories like that convinced some 2016 Clinton endorsers, like Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), that she could win back the rural voters Obama had lost.
Yet in exit and entrance polls of the first three primary contests, Clinton has consistently lost less-educated white voters to Sanders. In Iowa, white voters who lacked a college degree went for Sanders by one point. In Nevada, those voters went for Sanders by eight points. In New Hampshire, Sanders won them by 38 points, obliterating Clinton in working-class towns she'd previously won.
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C., on Feb. 21. (Cassi Alexandra for The Washington Post)
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/22/sanders-leads-big-in-west-virginia-poll/
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You won't change my mind or other most other Bernie DUers. I'm done wasting my time with you.
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ONE post every few days in three months and you say that to 70% of the DUers?
Six months ago he was written off by people like Senator McCaskill because he is "a socialist". Hillary has been in the public eye since 92 and gets over just 1/2 the vote by underhanded means in diverse Nevada. Go check your math.
I want to beat Trump, not lose to him.
I went door to door at age 11 for Bobby in 68. WTF did U do?
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When I Joined DU At The Age of 14 Back In 2004 You Were Truly One Of The Posters I Thoroughly Enjoyed Reading Your Posts.
I Have Learned From You & Became A More Liberal Democrat Because Of You, And I Thank-You!
So In The Midst Of This Heated Primary We Are Bound To Disagree, But I Will Do My Part To Disagree Without Being Disagreeable.
Also If Bernie Sanders Becomes The Democratic Nominee, Rest Assured That I Will Work Just As Hard For Him As I Would've For Hillary Clinton!
