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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 01:04 PM Oct 2015

Bernie Sanders Defeats Trump By a Wider Margin

Bernie Sanders Defeats Trump By a Wider Margin Than Clinton in a General Election


As a lifelong Democrat against perpetual American counterinsurgency wars in the Middle East, the prospect of a hawkish Democrat or Donald Trump as Commander in Chief isn't acceptable to me, especially when America has a candidate for president who says "I'll be damned" if we send more ground troops back to failed wars.

There are many reasons I'm voting for Bernie Sanders over Trump or Clinton, and I explain these reasons in a recent YouTube segment, however Vermont's Senator will win the Democratic nomination because he's the only chance Democrats have in 2016. I highlight why only Bernie Sanders can defeat Donald Trump in my latest YouTube segment, in addition to why Clinton would have a difficult time against the billionaire.

So why is Bernie our only hope in preventing Trump from ever having a catastrophic encounter with Putin?

First, Real Clear Politics states definitively that polls show Bernie Sanders winning by a wider margin than Clinton over Trump:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/bernie-sanders-defeats-trump-by-a-wider-margin_b_8345156.html



RCP Average 47.2 42.0 Sanders +5.2
CNN/ORC 53 44 Sanders +9
PPP 44 44 Tie
NBC News/Wall St. 52 36 Sanders +16
Quinnipiac 47 42 Sanders +5
SurveyUSA 40 44 Trump +4
Compared to Hillary Clinton:
RCP Average 45.7 43.2 Clinton +2.5
CNN/ORC 50 45 Clinton +5
FOX News 40 45 Trump +5
PPP (D) 44 44 Tie
NBC News/Wall St. 49 39 Clinton +10
Quinnipiac 45 43 Clinton +2
ABC News/Wash Post 46 43 Clinton +3

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_sanders-5565.html



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Bernie Sanders Defeats Trump By a Wider Margin (Original Post) cal04 Oct 2015 OP
Yup! pinebox Oct 2015 #1
I would add that I'd bet Bernie's Supreme Court nominations would be stellar Demeter Oct 2015 #2
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Oct 2015 #3
 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
2. I would add that I'd bet Bernie's Supreme Court nominations would be stellar
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 06:19 PM
Oct 2015

better than anything Hillary could do.

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