2016 Postmortem
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(28,627 posts)elleng
(130,908 posts)Martin O'Malley for one, and Bernie for another. MSNBC cited one poll a little while ago, I didn't hear which poll it was.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)About half the number of GOP candidates
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The poll I saw showed that Biden and Sanders were a distant second and third nationwide at 17% and 14% behind 57% for Clinton. Which was odd, Sanders polling 2 points behind Biden means Sanders is losing for second place to someone who isn't running at this point. I imagine things will make more sense closer to the actual primaries. Sanders probably picks up most of the Biden supporters if Biden doesn't run, but that would be at best, 31% with this weeks sentiments.
elleng
(130,908 posts)and I saw, a few days ago, that WEBB was 2 points ahead of O'Malley!
NONE of this makes sense, but we SO want it to! Not sure that Sanders would pick up Biden voters; don't know where they'd go. I like JOE a lot, supported him 8 years ago, but don't think he expresses Sanders or O'Malley's issues at all, and we (including me) have gone 'progressive!'
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)No way to tell really, where they would go if Biden doesn't run.
And I just realized I made a stupid math mistake.
But if Sanders were to pick up all the Biden supporters, he would have 31% to Clinton's 57%. That a lot of ground to make up, but there is still lots of time.
Spazito
(50,338 posts)"On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton continues to hold all the cards. Nationally, she leads all other candidates by more than 40 points, with 57% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents behind her, 16% backing Vice President Joe Biden, 14% Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, 2% Jim Webb and 1% or less for former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee."
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/01/politics/donald-trump-poll-hillary-clinton-jeb-bush/
and you've found for me the Webb/O'Malley 'conundrum,' Webb 1 or 2 or? points above O'Malley, who's declared and working very actively! Makes NO sense in the 'real' world, imo.
Spazito
(50,338 posts)I think he will climb once he becomes more high profile. Webb is better known given his previous government position, I think, hard to say.