Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumWest Virginia Poll: Clinton 36%, Sanders 32%!
W.V. Poll Clinton 36% Sanders 32%The report noted that all respondents knew who Hillary was, while one third did not know who Bernie was. Yet!
Poll: Democrats running for WV gov locked in dead heat
Clinton was recognized by nearly all of the surveys respondents while Sanders could not be rated by a third of respondents.
Bernie rises in polls as people get to know him. Several polls are now showing him going into the 30s while half the country still doesn't know who he is.
So a lot of work still to be done to introduce Bernie to as many people as possible, but amazing work considering its only been a few months, Bernie is doing it without Corporate money, without the backing of the DNC, and starting out with practically zero name recognition.
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)If those dirt poor white Appalachians are hearing Sanders clearly, we could have the makings here of a real political realignment.
A sort of coalition that Jesse Jackson talked about in '84 and to a lesser extent in '88.
The country wasn't ready then. Sounds like it might be ready now.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)people have opted out of the system, believing they have no power. But Bernie is saying to them 'you do have power, but only if you stand up together' and he is providing them with a vehicle to do that.
I think it is possible to have the kind of politicial revolution that happens once in a lifetime. And I'm sure those in power see it also and will do everything they can to stop it.
But as Bernie says, if enough people get involved, they can't stop it. This election is about issues, despite the MSM's fixation with a Reality TV Star.
appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)xynthee
(477 posts)Not until May 10.
appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)"I would not be where I now am, I would not have some of the responsibilities I now bear, if it had not been for the people of West Virginia", President John F. Kennedy, June 20, 1963.
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Exhibits/Past-Exhibits/Winning-West-Virginia.aspx
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)jfern
(5,204 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)worked there during the summer for nine years and you would NEVER, EVER see any respectable Billionaire driving a volvo among the rich and famous who finance our elections in the Hamptons.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)This is the beauty of it, Sabrina. It's wonderful watching him push upward, upward, upward.
He is the right man and this is his time.
TBF
(32,062 posts)pretty amazing considering she was first lady so she has nearly 100% name recognition.