SacBee: Could Sanders be a stronger Democratic nominee than Clinton?

[IDemo]

WASHINGTON

Unimaginable at the start of the campaign, Bernie Sanders might be a stronger general election candidate for the Democrats than Hillary Clinton.

He leads Donald Trump nationally by 20 points right now in a hypothetical general election matchup, more than double her 9-point lead, according to the latest McClatchy-Marist poll.

He leads Sen. Ted Cruz by 12, while she is locked in a tie with the Texan.

Sanders also leads or competes better in places where Democratic presidential candidates often seem anonymous. He leads Trump in Kansas and Utah, for example, which haven’t given their electoral votes to a Democrat since 1964. Sanders outperforms Clinton over Trump in the swing states of Arizona, North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin, as well.

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/election/presidential-election/article70748402.html

[FreakinDJ]

1. Of course Bernie is the stronger candidate - everyone including the GOP knows that

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

2. Could be, would be, should be.

Bernie is the only truly Democratic candidate left. If Hillary is nominated, we get Republican light at best.

[TDale313]

3. Yes. Next question? n/t

[LiberalArkie]

4. I always thought he was for people who cared about things beside themselves. What I

did not know (and still don't know) is if enough people are going to think of other people than themselves.

[SoapBox]

5. Yes he is, SacBee.

Pull your MSM head out and look at what is going on.

Voters, in mass, are ticked off and FINALLY we have a candidate that can help us.

[Gregorian]

6. I thought newspapers were supposed to be ahead of the curve.

Not the last to discover the truth. Some of us knew this a year ago. Haha.

[mhatrw]

7. Could really, really good be better than really, really bad? nt

[jillan]

8. Finally a news source that is reporting facts & not spin!

[beltanefauve]

9. Not bad reporting

for the most part. The article does refer to this time as a honeymoon period and states that Bernie hasn't been vetted yet, in their opinion.(Gotta throw some doubt into the mix ) But so far, anything they've thrown at him has blown up in their faces. The Sanders campaign has a good rapid response team. And the Clintons are running a 20th century campaign.

[eridani]

10. Given that 40% of voters are independent, yes n/t

[Scuba]

11. I didn't think it "unimaginable" a year ago. I never thought Hillary could win.

[TBF]

12. She has only won in conservative states -

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if she can win NY and California without cheating I will reconsider my opinion.

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. TPTB need to keep in mind that Independents left the party BECAUSE of people like Clinton and they

will NOT be voting for her in the GE, but they WILL vote for Bernie...that's 43% of the voters. Ditto for millennials - a larger voting block than baby boomers. Millennials don't care two hoots about "party" affiliation and will NEVER vote for WALL ST. CLINTON.

Anyone in camp weathervane remember OCCUPY WALL ST. where Clinton types PEPPER SPRAYED the millennials? Where they were clubbed and corralled and treated like animals? How about when cops entered their camp in the middle of the night and destroyed it?

Do you honestly believe those same people are going to turn around and vote for someone who represents the very things they were protesting? THINK AGAIN.

Clinton cannot and will not win the GE. BERNIE CAN AND WILL!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE