Looking good for Bernie😀

But we deserve a nice headline after everything we've been through lately.

Totally agree.

Obviously, I'd prefer to see him be the one at 49%, but it's a darned strong showing, and yet another indication that we still stand a chance of upsetting those who see the primary as having a pro forma outcome, and Bernie's place as being merely to provide some sort of 'foil' to the inevitable 'real' candidate.

He's still gaining name recognition and getting his message out. He'll catch up to Hillary by the time the caucuses and primaries begin.

Clinton has been a de facto candidate since the 1990's - here we have Bernie who did not until recently even have name recognition within the state of Vermont let alone outside of New England. To my knowledge, he has yet to visit Wisconsin....

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I doubt Hillary has ever been to it.

And we've only begun to fight.

And as more people hear his message and see that he isn't the typical politician his chances of winning increase.

Hillary only held a 9 point lead over Bernie? That has to be of concern to the Hillary camp.

Frankly for him to be drawing so many people to his events. Doing so well in the donation dept. and now seeing this it's a little shocking.
I really believe people are a lot more fed up than the pundits believed they were and Bernie is speaking their language....

Take a look at the scientifically comducted polls and you'll see a big difference.

Cherry picking data wont chamge the facts.

I always go with,

Figures Lie and Liars Figure.

Polls are not an exact science, of course, but the better ones tend to do fairly well, and allow for fairly accurate predictions.

Of course, we're a a long way from any meaningful vote, but if you're pinning your hopes for Bernie on polls all being full of crap....

Well, just prepare to be disappointed is all I'm saying.

Having said that, I would LOVE for the primary to be legitimately contested.

in the base are ready to support Bernie.

I long thought of Bernie Sanders as a sort of lone voice, calling in the wilderness. And I really admired him for it.

Given the absolutely insane nature of RW politics these days, and how many people seem to buy into it so fervently, it is beyond heartening to see such an incredible amount of support for a man who might have been written off as a fringe curiosity not that long ago.

Funny thing. His values turn out to be the values that vast numbers of people didn't realize they had in common until they had cause to examine them.

We've had self-fulfilling prophecies about 'having to' elect blue dogs and conservodems for decades, because the voting public has been subtly propagandized to believe that we cannot 'win' by electing Democrats who actually stand strongly for ALL Democratic values and constituencies. That we 'have' to accept those candidates who only care about some principles, but are Republican on many more issues, because they're the only 'electable' ones. That Democrats who believe in ALL Democratic values are 'fringe' or 'voices in the wilderness'.

It's not a matter of accident, but design. And it's carefully done enough that it creates a legion of Stockholm syndrome footsoldiers, who will defend the idea that we can only 'win' electorally by accepting the worst possible candidates, the ones who agree with Republicans on the most issues, the farthest right ones, and believe they're doing the 'right' thing because those candidates are willing to support them on matters that don't 'pick the pockets' of the people who designed the propaganda campaign in the first place.

They are the latest incarnation of the blue dog/DLC mindstate seeking to make Democrats subordinate to corporate power.

Conservatives nut jobs will call anyone with a D next to their name a communist.. Basing your candidate choices on that is foolish.

era. I admit that I fell for it, sort of also as the main goal back then was to defeat Republicans. Many reluctantly held their noses to elect Conservo Dems in order to 'win'.

We did that, and then realized that what we got were a few crumbs, but on the main issues, Forever War, no accountability for War Criminals and Wall St criminals, or even much of a change in the policies of those criminals. Maybe it was necessary to actually see the results of buying into 'winning at any cost' before the real changes that are necessary could begin to happen.

Bernie Sanders back then, could not have had the success he is now achieving imo.

But with so many disillusioned voters he is a breath of fresh air. The time for people who DID vote the right way back then, against the Iraq War, against the Patriot Act eg, when it was considered almost an act of Treason, has now come.

Feel the Bern!

511 valid ballots

Hillary Clinton 252
Bernie Sanders 208
Joe Biden 16
Martin O’Malley 16
Jim Webb 8
Lincoln Chafee 5
No vote 1

Write-ins:
Elizabeth Warren 4
Tom Vilsack 1

Sanders can win this. These numbers should be very worrisome for the Clinton campaign.

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I spent about 6 months in Wisconsin back in the early 80's, I loved it there. It's a beautiful state and I spent a lot of time in Madison, besides the Twin Cities area it's my favorite place in the world. I don't want to see Wisconsin become another Michigan that would be tragic. Plus I want to move there when I retire.

this is Great News! Go Bernie!

It totally cracks me up that Hillary's "do nothing and freeze everyone else" strategy is a shambles because Bernie won't play the game - he's out there every day tossing truth grenades.

It would've been over for Hillary before it even began.

Bernie's speaking the same truth to power as a candidate for President as he has his whole political career. He doesn't need 247 consultants to tell him what issues to focus on, what accent to use or how to convince voters he has their backs. He doesn't need to worry about offending Wall Street or the military contractors because he isn't taking their money... Bernie's free swing away!!!

I can't wait for the debates...

Theres no way THIS many people dont understand that the choice has been made FOR them already!

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Thanks for sharing.

Let's get it

Loved Marty's "Gleam" speech and used it myself a few times. Bernie's got "the Gleam"!

Bernie is going to be our next President!!! He isnt bought and sold.He is for the middle class.I love Bernie.

As a Bernie supporter, that is fantastic news.

Feel the Bern!

It is just a straw poll taken at a state Dem convention...

Oh never mind, party on...

... progressive as state party chair (Martha Laning).

Way to go Wisconsin Dems!!!!

Martha was the best choice left, but she still has a butt load of proving herself to do for me.

She at straw poll at Dem convention In Wisconsin only has a 9 point lead over guy the MSM keeps telling us has no chance to win.
And this is only early.it's been only over a week since official kickoff of sanders campagin.

Of course they will ignore this saying straw poll doesn't mean as much as actual polls but it's sign her inevitial is warning.

Nothing has changed since 2008. I think Bernie can win this!

This is the ongoing trend, the Sanders campaign has achieved significant momentum. Name recognition is following close on the heels of this, and helping to propel things along. The more people know, the better the campaign will do. And now that Sanders absolutely has earned recognition, people will learn more.
The inevitable scurrilous attacks are going to harm those dishing them out and help highlight the motives behind them.
The voters are primed for this true Progressive to campaign.

Hillary was a lock that year as well, but then...oops Obama caught her and passed her. Why not Bernie?

The difference is that Bernie will not cave once in like Obama did, and like Bill Clinton did before him. Rubin and his gang shouldn't even try.

the records and video libraries are full of examples.....

Just adding this to make it clear that this straw poll is hardly a complete survey of the party's core in Wisconsin.

Even so, as someone who is a party member and convention regular in WI, I am surprised to see Sander's finish this high even with a partial poll.

When I posted this yesterday that is what I expected everyone to say.

Pretty sure Pat Paulsen is in there somewhere.