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WhoIsNumberNone

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Sat Dec 26, 2015, 12:30 PM Dec 2015

POLL: Bernie Sanders Would DESTROY Trump In General Election



A new poll out from Quinnipiac. Here comes Bernie! It turns out he has more supporters than Donald Trump. He also would beat The Donald by a larger margin than Hillary Clinton would if the general election were held today. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"Bernie Sanders would beat Donald Trump 51-38 in a general-election match-up, according to the latest poll from Quinnipiac University. Or — to put it in the course vernacular that Trump introduced to America this week — the billionaire would get "schlonged" by the democratic socialist.

"Sen. Bernie Sanders hammers him," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac poll. Hillary Clinton, the poll suggests, would also put Trump in his place — "Hillary Clinton tops him," added Malloy — though by a more modest 47-40.

That wasn't the only bad news for Trump, and by extension the GOP, to come out of the national poll: 61 percent of Americans say the Republican frontrunner "does not share their values," 58 percent believe he "is not honest and trustworthy,"and 57 percent say he "does not care about their needs and problems.””*

Read more here: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/poll-against-bernie-sanders-donald-trump-would-get-schlonged-20151223
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POLL: Bernie Sanders Would DESTROY Trump In General Election (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2015 OP
It's encouraging, because at a very deep saltpoint Dec 2015 #1
Barred from front page WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2015 #2
Landslide, baby libodem Dec 2015 #3
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #4
I've been saying it all along. It's demographics. The GOP is not appealing to new voters and it's MillennialDem Dec 2015 #5
Scrooge for President? mia Dec 2015 #6
K&R. JDPriestly Dec 2015 #7

saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
1. It's encouraging, because at a very deep
Sat Dec 26, 2015, 12:34 PM
Dec 2015

level we want U.S. voters to acknowledge a lifetime of genuine public service from Bernie Sanders over the momentary loud-mouthed fascism of Donald Trump.

 

MillennialDem

(2,367 posts)
5. I've been saying it all along. It's demographics. The GOP is not appealing to new voters and it's
Sun Dec 27, 2015, 09:29 AM
Dec 2015

going to be a bloodbath for them.

Where is their outreach to millennials, hispanics, or women? They have not broadened their support at all in recent years, except Trump being anti establishment (but that's countered by the xenophobia he spouts).

If the GOP does not wake up and start making inroads with GEN Z (millennials/gen Y will be utterly lost to them by 2020) they're going to be in a world of hurt. Party loyalty forms early and doesn't change much.

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