"We’ve got an unpopular set of presidential candidates this year– Bernie Sanders is the only candidate in either party with a net-positive favorability rating — but Trump is the most unpopular of all. His favorability rating is 33 percent, as compared with an unfavorable rating of 58 percent, for a net rating of -25 percentage points. By comparison Hillary Clinton, whose favorability ratings are notoriously poor, has a 42 percent favorable rating against a 50 percent unfavorable rating, for a net of -8 points. Those are bad numbers, but nowhere near as bad as Trump’s.”

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/donald-trump-is-really-unpopular-with-general-election-voters/

That reads to me like he thinks Sanders beats Trump easily in the General, when you parse it down.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511030814

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)

6. for him to say so outright would probably be bad for business

Reply to Electric Monk (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 03:16 PM

Jan 2016

jkbRN

(850 posts)

4. I guess he doesn't want to read that part in all of the polls

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 02:10 PM

Jan 2016

Where sanders outperforms trump by a much wider margin than HRC

mythology

(9,527 posts)

11. Actually they disregard them in general

Reply to jkbRN (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 04:45 PM

Jan 2016

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/harrys-guide-to-2016-election-polls/

MineralMan

(146,331 posts)

5. That's true.

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 02:11 PM

Jan 2016

But someone, somewhere apparently said that he said that. That's good enough, I suppose. It is now a meme. Memes are the currency of politics, it seems.

99Forever

(14,524 posts)

7. Why should I give a shit?

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 03:17 PM

Jan 2016

Cuz I don't. That is all.

progressoid

(49,999 posts)

8. OK?

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 03:17 PM

Jan 2016

Gothmog

(145,563 posts)

9. You are correct

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 03:31 PM

Jan 2016

Turn CO Blue

(4,221 posts)

10. Hey, I try to stay neutral, but your implied premise is unfounded.

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 04:03 PM

Jan 2016

Let's ignore the identity of D nominee entirely.

If Trump becomes the R nominee, in the general Trump will HAVE to get 48 to 52% of the Latino/Hispanic vote next November to win a presidency. Period.

THERE IS NO OTHER PATH TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR TRUMP. 48% OF LATINOS/HISPANICS.

Trump has 82 to 90% strong UNFAVORABLES with Latinos/Hispanics of both genders.

Immigration and path to citizenship is the number one issue for Latinos/Hispanics. By a wide margin. Period.

Trump as the R nominee guarantees Dems the White House. We already know this. The Repubs know this, and have conceded the WH.

The Senate races are more important by a factor of a million, but do you see any DUers posting about key Senate races?

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I like Hillary. I like Bernie. I would crawl ten miles over broken glass to vote against Trump or Cruz.

John Poet

(2,510 posts)

12. So when did Nate take his last poll... ?

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 06:40 PM

Jan 2016

Some people take polls, and other people just talk about them.

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