AP-GfK Poll: Voters Increasingly See SANDERS ELECTABLE-LIKABLE, HONEST, COMPETENT, COMPASSIONATE
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Feb. 19, New AP-GfK POLL: VOTERS INCREASINGLY SEE SANDERS AS ELECTABLE
WASHINGTON —
The more Democrats learn about Bernie Sanders, the more they appear to like him.
A greater percentage of Democratic registered voters view the Vermont senator as likable, honest, competent and compassionate than they did just two months ago, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. Seventy-two percent now believe he could win the general election, a 21 percentage point increase from the last time the survey was conducted in December.
Woodrow Benford, 58, who lives outside Minneapolis, says he didn't know much about Sanders before he announced his presidential bid, but now Benford plans to caucus for him on March 1. "Some changes need to be made, some major changes — he's addressing them," he said. "I like Hillary Clinton; don't get me wrong. But she'd never say she's going to break up the big banks."
Though Sanders is gaining ground with Democrat voters, Clinton maintains a commanding lock on the party’s leadership. An Associated Press survey of superdelegates, who are influential in picking the nominee, found that 449 of the party insiders back Clinton, while only 19 support Sanders. If they continue to back Clinton overwhelmingly — they can change their minds– Sanders would have to win the remaining primary contests by a landslide to catch up.
Seventy-four percent of Democratic registered voters say they have a favorable view of Clinton, compared with 64 percent who say the same of Sanders. That's a 10-point increase for Sanders from December, when 54 percent of Democratic registered voters held a favorable opinion of him. Sanders is also more likely to be viewed as very or somewhat honest than he was in December, 64 percent to 56 percent.
On that issue, he has a nine percentage point edge over Clinton, who's viewed as honest by 55 percent of Democrats. Sanders is the only candidate in either party who’s viewed as somewhat or very compassionate, honest and likable by at least half of all registered voters, and has a significant advantage over Clinton among all voters on each of those measures. Just 30 percent of all voters consider Clinton honest. “I was going to bite my tongue and vote for Hillary, but I never really trusted her,” said Robert Stone, a 59-year-old from Hilton Head, South Carolina, who already cast an absentee ballot for Sanders. “Every time she opens her mouth, I can’t help but think she’s lying about something.”
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The AP-GfK Poll of 1,033 adults, including 389 Democratic or Democratic-leaning registered voters, was conducted online Feb. 11-15, using a sample drawn from GfK’s probability-based KnowledgePanel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.4 percentage points, and is plus or minus 5.5 percentage points for Democratic voters. Respondents were first selected randomly using telephone or mail survey methods, and later interviewed online. People selected for KnowledgePanel who didn’t otherwise have access to the Internet were provided access at no cost to them.
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Hospital over Stalled Negotiations Involving Affordable Patient Care for Workers with the Hospital Corporation of American (HCA).
Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Press Release, Feb. 17: HUNDREDS OF UNION MEMBERS TO PICKET AT SUNRISE HOSPITAL TO PROTEST HCA'S STALLED NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVING AFFORDABLE PATIENT CARE
LAS VEGAS -Thursday, February 18, 2016, at 5 pm PT, the Culinary Union and the Bartenders Union, along with several other Las Vegas-area unions, will hold a demonstration in front of Sunrise Hospital to protest Hospital Corporation of America’s (HCA) negotiation stall tactics.
>Culinary Union and Bartender Union members receive their health insurance through Culinary Health Fund, which is in a coalition with 13 other Trust Funds that combined provide health insurance for 275,000 members, including firefighters, police, construction workers, and hotel workers. Union members covered by the Trust Funds in the Coalition are expected to join the demonstration.
The event will highlight the need for reasonable rates to continue affordable patient care for members and their families at a sustainable cost. The unions have no intention to cause a work stoppage and do not expect this to occur. The demonstration will have no effect on patient care.
>Members receiving health insurance from the following Trust Funds are affected in these negotiations: Cement Masons and Plasterers Health and Welfare Trust; Clark County Firefighters; Clark County Self-Funded; Construction Industry and Laborer Health and Welfare Trust Fund; Culinary Health Fund; IBEW 357 Electricians; Las Vegas Firefighters; Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Employees Health and Welfare Trust; Operating Engineers Local 501, Plumbers and Pipefitters Health and Welfare Fund; Teamsters Local 14-Security Fund for Southern Nevada; Teamsters Local 631- Security Fund for Southern Nevada; Teamsters Local 995- Security Fund for Southern Nevada; UFCW Local 771 and Retail Food Employers Benefit Fund and United Food and Commercial Workers-Local 711 (Rite Aid Employees).
Teamsters Local 995; UFCW Local 771; and United Food and Commercial Workers-Local 711.
*HCA, the largest for-profit hospital operator in America, owns Sunrise Hospital, Southern Hills Hospital, MountainView Hospital and four surgery centers in the Valley. During Feb. 10 negotiations, the Coalition attempted to reach an agreement with HCA on a three-year or four-year contract but HCA refused to extend the negotiation deadline, which is set to expire Feb. 29 at midnight.
If an agreement is not reached by then, come March 1, HCA hospitals and facilities will be out of network for patients and their families. The next scheduled negotiating session between the HSC and HCA is on Feb. 22.
Read More: http://www.culinaryunion226.org/news/press/hundreds-of-union-members-to-picket-at-sunrise-hospital-to-protest-hcas-stalled-negotiations-involving-affordable-patient-care
