Bernie Sanders

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts) Sat Nov 21, 2015, 02:52 PM Nov 2015

Memo Shows Sanders Closing the Gap, Clinton Suffering from Ties to Wall Street

* Bernie Sanders continues to close the gap in the primary horserace with Hillary Clinton, even over the past month which pundits broadly declared a very good period for HRC, even going so far as calling it her “best month ever”;
* Sanders is steadily increasing his name ID and favorability ratings with Democrats, especially Democratic primary voters;
* Sanders’ message of income inequality and political corruption by special interests is driving the issue agenda within the Democratic primary;
* Hillary Clinton has real vulnerabilities within the Democratic primary electorate, particularly on “being too close to special interests and Wall Street,” among other issues;
* Sanders is much more popular with independents than HRC, which has major implications for both the primary and the general election; and
* Sanders is currently much better positioned with Republican voters than HRC. When combined with his vastly superiors standing with independents, this helps explain why Sanders does at least as well if not better than Clinton in general election match-ups with leading Republican candidates.

These findings raise real questions as to which of these leading Democratic candidates is in fact the best positioned for the general election.

https://berniesanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Tulchin-Research-Memo-Bernie-Sanders-2016-Public-Polling-Analysis.pdf

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Memo Shows Sanders Closing the Gap, Clinton Suffering from Ties to Wall Street (Original Post) Fawke Em Nov 2015 OP

When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Nov 2015 #1

WHAT? "noun verb 911 woman" didn't do the trick? merrily Nov 2015 #2

The 9/11 botch cost her... Fawke Em Nov 2015 #5

Ties to Wall Street? SmittynMo Nov 2015 #3

According to polls, it's a #1 Issue for voters in this campaign, maybe for the first time. sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #7

The freakouts that have been happening in the HRC camp are a symptom Android3.14 Nov 2015 #4

Yep... I won't be buying anything PPP is selling from this point forward. Fawke Em Nov 2015 #6

Be my guest Android3.14 Nov 2015 #8

+ 1. Love your animated gif!!!!! Jackilope Nov 2015 #9

Bernie will close that gap and surpass! Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #10

The world and America already know NorthCarolina Nov 2015 #11

K/R Jack Rabbit Nov 2015 #12

It is unavoidable. Helen Borg Nov 2015 #13

I said that when I came out for Obama eight years ago Jack Rabbit Nov 2015 #14

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)

1. When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go

Reply to Fawke Em (Original post)

Sat Nov 21, 2015, 02:55 PM

Nov 2015

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merrily

(45,251 posts)

2. WHAT? "noun verb 911 woman" didn't do the trick?

Reply to Fawke Em (Original post)

Sat Nov 21, 2015, 02:59 PM

Nov 2015

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)

5. The 9/11 botch cost her...

Reply to merrily (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 21, 2015, 03:22 PM

Nov 2015

The first two debates reveal just how vulnerable Clinton can be on this front. In the first debate, she declared, “I represented Wall Street,” while in the second she tried to defend her large Wall Street contributions by invoking 9/11, leading to a major backlash (
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/opinion/hillary-clinton-botches-wall-street-questions.html ). The fact that she badly mishandled the issue in each debate - resulting in quotable sound bites and memorable video clips that are being used against her in the media - indicates the potential resonance and staying power of these vulnerabilities within the Democratic primary electorate.

On a similar topic, by a 9-to-1 margin Democratic primary voters indicate they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who is backed by a SuperPAC that takes unlimited contributions. This stands in sharp contrast to Bernie Sanders’ rejection of SuperPACs and how he is funding his campaign with over a million small dollar contributions.

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)

3. Ties to Wall Street?

Reply to Fawke Em (Original post)

Sat Nov 21, 2015, 03:08 PM

Nov 2015

It's a HUGE issue. People are waking up? WOW.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)

7. According to polls, it's a #1 Issue for voters in this campaign, maybe for the first time.

Reply to SmittynMo (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 21, 2015, 03:27 PM

Nov 2015

OWS helped bring it into the public consciousness, why they so brutally tried to suppress that movement.

And Bernie has made it a central focus of his campaign.

Android3.14

(5,402 posts)

4. The freakouts that have been happening in the HRC camp are a symptom

Reply to Fawke Em (Original post)

Sat Nov 21, 2015, 03:13 PM

Nov 2015

None can reasonably articulate why he or she would support Hillary over Bernie, the frothing responses to polit eopinions and facts have become frothier, and that PPP poll after the last debate was such an obvious propaganda piece that it broke the credibility of the independent observer when it comes to these polls.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)

6. Yep... I won't be buying anything PPP is selling from this point forward.

Reply to Android3.14 (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 21, 2015, 03:24 PM

Nov 2015

And I'm also stealing your sig line pic if you don't mind.

Love that - two sentiments in one!

Android3.14

(5,402 posts)

8. Be my guest

Reply to Fawke Em (Reply #6)

Sat Nov 21, 2015, 03:36 PM

Nov 2015

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That sig line was fun to innovate. The swipes and stalking by the dirty little creeps at HCS is disgusting, but the truth endures.

I have a feeling several polling companies are going to come out with tattered reputations after this season.

And the spin from the big media to make what is obviously positive news for Bernie sound like it is supposed to good news for Hillary is also going to blunt future propaganda.

Jackilope

(819 posts)

9. + 1. Love your animated gif!!!!!

Reply to Android3.14 (Reply #8)

Sat Nov 21, 2015, 04:42 PM

Nov 2015

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

10. Bernie will close that gap and surpass!

Reply to Fawke Em (Original post)

Sat Nov 21, 2015, 05:02 PM

Nov 2015

NorthCarolina

(11,197 posts)

11. The world and America already know

Reply to Fawke Em (Original post)

Sat Nov 21, 2015, 05:28 PM

Nov 2015

"which of these leading Democratic candidates is in fact the best positioned for the general election". It's Bernie. The only ones unaware are those who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo, and so they develop a favorable narrative that, while false, is obediently distributed by their media outlets. That's where we are.