Polls show when Hillary and people from the old guard of the party attack Sanders he rises

[Quixote1818]

Likely because it allows him to look like an outsider. This occurred with Trump when Fox and the Koch Brothers attacked him at first before they joined him. The attacks allowed Trump to be seen as not being tied to the old establishment and it helped him solidify his standing as the front runner.

As you can see from the polling, Sanders support went up after Hillary's first suggested no one liked him etc..
You have to scroll down to the chart and look at the dates: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html

[W_HAMILTON]

1. They said the same thing about her comments regarding Gabbard.

Tell me, how did that end for Gabbard?

[Quixote1818]

3. She went from 1% to 2%

She was never going to get much support but it didn't hurt her. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html

[DemocracyMouse]

5. Oh, you Warren people think you're so smart!

[W_HAMILTON]

11. And back down to 1% and now her congressional career is over...

...and she is left trying to sue Hillary for all the damage she did to her.

[JoeOtterbein]

2. K n R ! Thanks for posting! nt

[NJCher]

4. yes

but attackers aren't concerned about long term consequences. They are dysfunctional people who have to lash out against "the other." They don't care if numbers show that what they are doing is undermining their own cause because it's "me first"--let me get out my anger, my sarcasm, etc.

[highplainsdem]

6. You're wrong, or if there was a bump for a few days it's already gone. Hillary's interview with

the Hollywood Reporter was published on the 21st, and it would have taken at least a few days for it to begin to affect the polls -- let alone the polling AVERAGE which includes earlier polls.

Probably the 24th is the very earliest you'd have seen any boost in Sanders' polling that's supposedly due to HRC's comments. That was the day RCP added the Emerson poll done Jan 21-23 to their list of latest polls. The primary polls added to their list before that were all done BEFORE Clinton's remarks were published.

Anyway, Sanders' polling average was 22.7 on the 24th.

And he's at 22.7 today, the 31st, after briefly surging, wow, 7/10 of one percent to 23.4 before falling again.

[Quixote1818]

7. In Iowa he was at 17.3 on Jan 21st and he has risen to around 24% since

In New Hampshire he was at 19.8 on Jan 21st and now he is at 26.3

These are the states where people are most tuned in currently:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/ia/iowa_democratic_presidential_caucus-6731.html

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/nh/new_hampshire_democratic_presidential_primary-6276.html

[Bumperstickers]

8. Sanders seems to rise in the polls no matter what

And every negative lobbed at him seems to pad his financial war chest. Not smart if your trying to stop him, best to say nothing.

[msongs]

9. be careful using the word old lol nt

[BlueMTexpat]

10. Rashida Tlaib may actually

have done BS a real disservice.

One does NOT boo one of the most respected women in the world, one who had nearly four million MORE primary supporters than he in 2016, and not see some unintended consequences.