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2016 Postmortem

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts) Fri Feb 19, 2016, 10:05 AM Feb 2016

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Sanders Leads Clinton in National Poll for the First Time

Sanders Leads Clinton in National Poll for the First Time

Vermont senator Bernie Sanders is catching up with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in the latest national polls of Democratic primary voters.

An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Thursday gives Clinton an 11-point lead over Sanders — 53 percent to 42 — but the same poll had her leading 59–34 just a month ago, Politico reports. A Fox News poll, meanwhile, puts Sanders slightly in the lead with 47 percent of Democratic voters against Clinton’s 44.

As Philip Bump at the Washington Post observes, that’s a significant outlier, as Sanders had not beaten Clinton in any previous national poll. Fox’s polls had Clinton leading by 12 points last month as 22 points in December. The new poll shows Sanders making gains in every demographic.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/02/sanders-leads-clinton-nationally-for-first-time.html

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Sanders Leads Clinton in National Poll for the First Time (Original Post) FreakinDJ Feb 2016 OP

Fox news just having fun. 6chars Feb 2016 #1

For all the "LOL Fox News!!" canned responses. jeff47 Feb 2016 #2

I'm cautiously ecstatic! demwing Feb 2016 #3

I would say Fox News is unreliable to the point of laughter, buuuut . . . Chichiri Feb 2016 #4

6chars

(3,967 posts)

1. Fox news just having fun.

Reply to FreakinDJ (Original post)

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 10:07 AM

Feb 2016

jeff47

(26,549 posts)

2. For all the "LOL Fox News!!" canned responses.

Reply to FreakinDJ (Original post)

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 10:10 AM

Feb 2016

Last Fox News Poll in NH: Sanders 56, Clinton 34.

Last PPP Poll in NH: Clinton 47, Sanders 44.

demwing

(16,916 posts)

3. I'm cautiously ecstatic!

Reply to FreakinDJ (Original post)

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 10:12 AM

Feb 2016

Let's see a similar result before I go into a full blown Bernie Bliss Bomb

Chichiri

(4,667 posts)

4. I would say Fox News is unreliable to the point of laughter, buuuut . . .

Reply to FreakinDJ (Original post)

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 10:16 AM

Feb 2016

. . . their poll also has Hillary up 56-28 in South Carolina.

So I dunno, you tell me. Reliable or not reliable?

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