NBC poll shows Hillary at 62% national to Sanders' 31%

[RandySF]

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Not All Polls Are Created Equal 1:45
Hillary Clinton has increased her dominant lead within the Democratic Party's presidential contest, now besting rival Sen. Bernie Sanders by a margin of two to one among primary voters in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. But the Democratic front-runner remains unpopular with the general electorate, and fewer than a third of Americans give her high marks for being honest and straightforward.

In the new poll, conducted October 25-29, 62 percent of Democrats chose Clinton as their top choice to win their party's presidential nomination, while 31 percent picked Sanders. Former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley received just three percent support.

That's up from Clinton's 25-point lead earlier in October, 58 percent to 33 percent.

In this most recent poll, more than eight in ten Democrats also say they can see themselves supporting Clinton for the nod, while only 61 percent say the same of the Vermont senator. An overwhelming majority of Democrats - 84 percent — believe that Clinton is the most likely to win the Democratic nomination, versus just 12 percent who say Sanders is the best bet. And a similar margin - 81 percent - believe that Clinton has the best chance of any Democratic candidate of winning the White House in 2016.


http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/hillary-clinton-increases-her-lead-over-bernie-sanders-n456111

[jfern]

1. That 62% for Hillary is definitely higher than other recent polls

And the 4% undecided is definitely lower.

The 31% for Bernie is in line with other polls though. He seems to have broken the 30% barrier people claimed he wouldn't break.

[Betty Karlson]

2. That 62% is an artificial growth.

Had Biden not been included in earlier polls, she would have polled in the sixties all along, and this new result would have been barely more than a slump.

[RandySF]

4. And Biden's presence in polling exxagerated any "closeness" of the race

that had Sanders' supporters so excited.

[Betty Karlson]

7. The early polling has created false narratives on both sides.

I still wonder why anyone was interested in distorting accurate reporting by polling Biden's support. And more so: who was interested in doing so.

[silvershadow]

3. So early. Much will change of course as we enter the season more fully. nt

[azurnoir]

5. so you're admitting that really it's Hillary supporters that will hand the election to republicans

if their candidate doesn't get the nomination?

[willvotesdem]

6. Talk to normal people not political junkies like us.

I talk to people all the time about the 2016 election. When I mention HRC everyone has an opinion, unfortunately almost universally negative.

When I mention Bernie I get an almost universal WHO? Even from some PJs.

When I mention Trump I usually see a smile and a laugh.

Some of my RW contacts like Rubio or other rebublicans but do not know Bernie or O'Malley.

Just say'n give it time, things may change and a democrat may win the WH in 16.