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Palmetto State Poll-Clinton -43% Sanders 6% 0'Malley 3% (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 OP
4 months before any vote and a year to the general, all polling should include "undecided" as an Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #1
Yes... I must say that I agree with this. Any info on the undecided folks? NurseJackie Oct 2015 #3
The undecided are undecided, but logic suggests that they will split similar to the decided. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #4
And this poll had 48% undecided n/t Godhumor Oct 2015 #6
Good thing Cornel West tagged along. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #2
Another great idea from the Bernie Brain-Trust workinclasszero Oct 2015 #20
AA endorsements SCantiGOP Oct 2015 #5
6% ?!? DCBob Oct 2015 #7
Nope./nt DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #9
Would not seem to be. riversedge Oct 2015 #10
This item says 77% of people have heard of Bernie. ... riversedge Oct 2015 #11
Yikes might as well as packup. Historic NY Oct 2015 #8
Its over Bernie fans.... workinclasszero Oct 2015 #12
There are a lot of undecideds but Hillary's positives look great. moobu2 Oct 2015 #13
Ouch! morningfog Oct 2015 #14
Her Pac is already releasing anti-republican ads! Walk away Oct 2015 #15
Negative 43% for Hillary? Fearless Oct 2015 #16
If the 2016 presidential primary in South Carolina were held today, nearly half (43 percent) of the workinclasszero Oct 2015 #17
Have a sense of humor. It's a typo. Fearless Oct 2015 #18
Kick & highly recommended! William769 Oct 2015 #19

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
1. 4 months before any vote and a year to the general, all polling should include "undecided" as an
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 05:56 PM
Oct 2015

option.....because a calendar never lies.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
4. The undecided are undecided, but logic suggests that they will split similar to the decided.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 06:06 PM
Oct 2015

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.

SCantiGOP

(13,865 posts)
5. AA endorsements
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 06:11 PM
Oct 2015

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.

riversedge

(70,084 posts)
11. This item says 77% of people have heard of Bernie. ...
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 09:44 PM
Oct 2015



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 O’Malley
38% 31% 17%
 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
14. Ouch!
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 10:20 PM
Oct 2015

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)
15. Her Pac is already releasing anti-republican ads!
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 10:37 PM
Oct 2015

Maybe Bernie should stop yelling at Democrats and follow Hillary's lead.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
17. If the 2016 presidential primary in South Carolina were held today, nearly half (43 percent) of the
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 10:43 PM
Oct 2015
Democratic voters polled would choose Hillary Clinton
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