2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPalmetto State Poll-Clinton -43% Sanders 6% 0'Malley 3%
http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/clemson-palmetto-poll-finds-south-carolinians-interested-but-largely-undecided-on-presidential-candidates/
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)option.....because a calendar never lies.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)I would speculate that if Not Decided was asked by pollsters as an equal option to names there would be a similar large Not Decided demographic in all the polls....which is probably why it is not asked - it would reveal that folks being polled so early in a campaign know they are being polled very early - the endless campaign - and will pick a name they recognize as opposed to who they may actually vote for if the polling was a few days before an election and not a hundred or three hundred days.
Which might explain Clinton's huge Decided lead as poll respondents leaning Sanders or O'M are not as certain of voting these candidates as they are of voting Clinton.
Godhumor
(6,437 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Shot down in flames LOL
SCantiGOP
(13,865 posts)So far, there hasn't been any black legislators who have endorsed Sanders; Clinton should get 2/3 of the total vote with more than 3/4 of the AA vote.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)That's not a name recognition problem.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)riversedge
(70,084 posts)riversedge
(70,084 posts)Please tell me if you have ever heard of _______ and whether you have a positive or negative opinion of him or her.
Heard of Positive Negative
Hillary Clinton
99% 71% 16%
Bernie Sanders
77% 52% 16%
Martin OMalley
38% 31% 17%
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)moobu2
(4,822 posts)morningfog
(18,115 posts)THe post-Biden, post-first-debate polls are solidifying behind HIllary. I always knew Bernie was a long shot, and the shot is getting longer now. It would take something major to sink Hillary at this point.
Walk away
(9,494 posts)Maybe Bernie should stop yelling at Democrats and follow Hillary's lead.