Budowsky: Is Sanders most electable?

"Earlier this week I sent a private note to one of America’s highest-ranking Democrats with a link to the RealClearPolitics page that lists every general election match-up poll pitting Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders against Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and John Kasich.

A five-minute scan of this page reveals more about American politics than all other media coverage of the campaign combined. The polling finds that Sanders consistently defeats all four GOP candidates and consistently runs stronger than does Clinton in match-ups against them.

In other words, the totality of polling suggests that Sanders is the most electable candidate in either party."

Political insiders, consultants and pundits respond that if the Vermont Independent is nominated as the Democratic nominee, Republican attacks will destroy him, which may or may not be true. I am not arguing here that Sanders should be nominated. I am arguing that the data are screaming a message that cannot be denied: Across the universe of match-up polls, Sanders runs stronger than Clinton, Trump, Cruz, Rubio and Kasich. Period.

http://thehill.com/opinion/brent-budowsky/bernie-sanders-is-the-most-electable-candidate