In fact that's the only ideology in which he's ahead of Hillary Clinton.

I can't believe I share the same planet & the same air with such a putrid form of humanity.

I can't find an appropriate smiley for this.

Love & respect to you 1StrongBlackMan

the ability Blacks to make their own decisions or form their own collective opinions. That isn't very different from a lot of the threads around here recently. Same attitude different words.

I am a woman and if a man told me that women just didn't understand who to support because I was uninformed or had my own ideas on how I wanted Women's issues to be addressed, I'd spit in their eye.

I would not be surprised if there was quite a bit of cross posting between sites.

Plus 15 among self-iding "very conservative".

That might explain a lot.

And of course, there's Bernie mouthing NRA talking points about about how gun control won't work and how gun owners in Vermont are different than in Chicago or Los Angeles.

God & Guns.
There's the 42%
Sanders is an Independent. He has no true loyalty to any Party, therefore...

there's also his vote against closing GITMO a few years back, his unwavering support for Israel, and his stance on drones (a few policies that some of his supporters happen to have disparaged Pres. Obama on while giving him a pass). BS has been portrayed as the standard-bearer for everything progressive, but it looks like even he has some stances to move leftward on.

.."Very Conservative"
Just how does that connect with a social progressive bunch?

What is Bernie saying that brings 42% "Very Conservative" into his orbit? That is a high number.

OTH, so much for Hillary's poll numbers suddenly "tanking" as we read & heard all over the media yesterday.

Must have polled the 42% of Bernie's very conservative supporters.

Very encouraging & thanks for posting this in the HILLARY GROUP.

So she never really "tanked" after all. Oh that silly MSM.

2016

EQUAL RIGHTS are HUMAN RIGHTS
Hillary Clinton

But get your mind bleach first.

Many of his detractors say "but that's a liberal town!" So how would you explain all the people at his rallies? Personally, I see this result that he will pull people from the republicans to vote for him and keep an actual progressive in the WH.

What percentage of Democratic voters within driving distance is the 10,000 people who show up at his events?

Telling is the percentage of conservative support for Sanders, it could be the RW pulling against Hillary.

The Summer of Sanders, followed by....the fall of Sanders.

appeal to "very conservative" people? Weird.

and they think Hillary is too liberal! LOL

The arch-CONservatives are with him. I wasn't expecting that. Gotta be the gun thing then. Or a perception, perhaps, that he doesn't care about the Black community so much? PLEASE note, before anyone starts wanting to erupt - I said "PERCEPTION."

Makes sense if you look who they have on the GOP side.

Which affect conservatives too?

trying to "support" the Democrat who they think is easiest to beat.

The blogs say that he has their vote because of guns, and that's all they care about.

I saved a link of a conservative GOP web site in my state that says they are supporting Sanders to keep HRC out of the general, as BS will be easier to beat.

They cite a former foray named 'Operation Chaos' as their method to discrupt Democratic primaries. They urged their folks to send money to Bernie.

Maybe they are the demographic being polled?

Favorability by race

Hillary
67% Favoriable by Hispanics, 24% Unfavorable
67% Favoriable by White, 24% Unfavorable
83% Favoriable by African American, 12% Unfavorable

Sanders
36% Favoriable by Hispanics, 28% Unfavorable
50% Favoriable by White, 21% Unfavorable
21% Favoriable by African American, 40% Unfavorable

Favorability by race

Hillary
67% Favoriable by Hispanics, 24% Unfavorable
67% Favoriable by White, 24% Unfavorable
83% Favoriable by African American, 12% Unfavorable

Sanders
36% Favoriable by Hispanics, 28% Unfavorable
50% Favoriable by White, 21% Unfavorable
21% Favoriable by African American, 40% Unfavorable

I say a Black guy on the internet that said he loves Bernie!

I just can't wait for DU:Bernie to explain that Black people just love him.

{ETA: I'm sorry ... I will delete this upon request}

..since Netroots, around here lately.

Just a comment on an observation.
I don't know exacyly what it means, 1StrongBlackMan.
It was noticeable however

Expect that favorable number to decrease significantly.

Poor Bernie supporters.

Give me raw hard data anytime over hyperbolic DU punditry anytime.

Here's a link to the PPP report (opens a 108-page PDF document):

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_National_72215.pdf

I found the original post a little confusing in the way the numbers are presented. If it helps, here's a slightly different breakdown showing the first choices of those expected to vote in Democratic primaries:

Overall: 57% prefer Clinton versus 22% Sanders.
Very liberal: 64 Clinton / 26 Sanders
Liberal: 58 Clinton / 19 Sanders
Moderate: 59 Clinton / 16 Sanders
Somewhat conservative: 37 Clinton / 31 Sanders
Very conservative: 27 Clinton / 42 Sanders

What I suspect the last line means is that conservatives tend to be aware of Hillary Clinton and a lot of them are convinced she's evil incarnate, not that very conservative voters love Bernie Sanders.

Incidentally, every candidate of both parties is underwater on favorability.

Rather amusingly, PPP shows separate favorability ratings for Trump and Trump's hair. (His hair rates 12/49/39, versus 29/60/11 for Trump himself.)

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"Very liberal" 64% to 26%. Okay, got that, too.

"Liberal" 58% to 19%... got THAT.

"Moderate" 59% to 16%... quite a margin there as well.

"Very conservative" - what's this? 27% for her - and FORTY-TWO percent for him?????? Ouch!

There is one outlier - the "somewhat conservatives" do break for her a little more than for him, 37%-31%, so you can't win 'em all. But out of six metrics, she outdoes him in five. And rather decisively, at that.



Just looking at the numbers. That's all.

Glad you're here! That's quite an intriguing find. Thank you for posting. PPP is usually pretty reliable, too, and from what I've heard, leans liberal anyway as opposed to something like Gallup that leans CONservative.

a general election where most republicans can "outgun" him.

"con·ser·va·tism

1. The inclination, especially in politics, to maintain the existing or traditional order.

2. A political philosophy or attitude that emphasizes respect for traditional institutions and opposes the attempt to achieve social change though legislation or publicly funded programs.

3. Caution or moderation, as in behavior or outlook.

Does that sound like Senator Sanders' political views?

and here I've been told that progressive meant supporting Bernie Sanders.

Of course, when Hillary has conservative support, it's just proof positive that she's an evil right-wing corporatist.

When Sanders has conservative support — and even more than Hillary — well, see, he's just so great that he's even winning over conservatives!

Remember, weeks ago I stated on DU that Bernie would not appeal to a lot of minorities and immigrants. That was before Netroots.

I think that there's a subset of Bernie supporters that I would call "Archie Bunkers". They are usually white, don't identify with the Tea Party, love guns, don't really think a woman should be President, and hate Wall Street. They don't particularly care about Party affiliation, but might think of themselves as "conservative". I think there are a number of those folks in the west and red states. Some might attend rallies. They are not particularly good at introspection, may work in a blue collar job, and like Bernie's emotional personality. They don't like or identify with Rick Perry, Rubio, or much of the Clown Car.

I think the poll is picking up on that subset.