Bernie polls ahead of every other candidate in head-to-head matchup.

[DanTex]

You know how people like to add up the numbers for all candidates except for Bernie to try to pretend Bernie is somehow "losing"? Yeah. That. Nope.

It's particularly comforting that he leads Bloomberg head-to-head by 15 points, since it's probably going to end up being Bernie vs Bloomberg.

https://news.yahoo.com/new-yahoo-news-you-gov-poll-shows-sanderss-strength-going-head-to-head-with-rivals-181522968.html

[PatrickforO]

1. Hmm.

The FORCE is STRONG in this one!

[Tom Rinaldo]

2. This is one poll I don't expect to see covered on Hardball. n/t

[DanTex]

9. Yeah. Too bad. I'd like to see them try to spin this into the "everyone hates Bernie" narrative.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. B-minus rated online poll, 5% simple average error, FWIW.

[George II]

6. "FWIW", which isn't much.

[thesquanderer]

20. I don't know... B- is pretty reputable, and 5 pts still has him well above Bloomberg n/t

[George II]

22. What's the value of polling one candidate against each of the other candidates individually?

It's all hypothetical, we have five or six viable candidates all running against the others collectively, there are no "head to head" primaries.

[thesquanderer]

31. I explained what I see as the value...

...at https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287520306#post14

[Autumn]

4. Yes he is ahead in the polls. Which leads to the next "logical" question.

When will Bernie drop out and endorse the frontrunner?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

28. Ironically, that's NOT a sarcastic statement @all...IT'S TRUE! Let the baseless Bernie bashin begin!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[George II]

5. Kind of a pointless poll. None of the Democrats are going "head to head" against anyone else.

[Autumn]

8. They always are pointless. When Bernie is favored.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

29. Yup, the "Bernie Standard," which requires that Bernie be bashed under any and all circumstances

to keep him from receiving the Democratic nomination, regardless of any positive poll results that favor Bernie, or any beneficial policy positions that Bernie holds, is in full display.

The irony is that it results only in Bernie's continuing surge in the polls... I've dubbed it the "Baseless Bernie Bashing Backlash" and this very real phenomenon only makes Bernie stronger and energizes more supporters to come to his side and have his back, the way Bernie has ALWAYS had our backs!!


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[BlueIdaho]

7. On-Line Poll?

Clickity clickity click click click...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. YouGov is actually one of the better on-line polls

but it still isn't as accurate as the live ones conducted by some of the universities like Monmouth or Marist.

[BlueIdaho]

12. Can the poll be "gamed?"

If so - it’s unreliable. To be honest I really don’t know the answer to that question.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. Not really. The way it works is you get an email asking you to respond to a particular poll.

In other words, it's not like the ones you see on newspapers' web sites which can be gamed by bots and multiple clicks. I've been getting their polls for years and I almost always fill them out. The way it's set up would make it hard to tamper with. Even so, the fact that the person being polled has to click on the email link and fill it out might make it a bit less reliable than a phone poll, which wouldn't take as long or involve as much effort.

[BlueIdaho]

19. Thank You!

[thesquanderer]

21. Also, the ones that can be gamed get rated F, not B- (n/t)

[calguy]

10. Bernie Sanders - The republicans' choice

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

26. Trump and trump jr. standing up for Sanders

Why would they do that hmm

[msongs]

18. spin like a dervish all you want. but facts are facts. when you only get 25% of the votes

that's means 75% of the voters want someone else.

[Garrett78]

24. And an even greater percentage are rejecting each of the other candidates.

[thesquanderer]

25. re: "75% of the voters want someone else"

By that logic, at 75%+ of voters have told ALL candidates they're not wanted. So we shouldn't put up any of them? Or put up all the candidates except the one who is liked the most?

When you've got a lot of viability candidates, plurality is usually the best anyone can hope for.

[Turin_C3PO]

30. Sorry but that's a dumb argument.

That means that the other candidates are rejected even more by voters.

[Garrett78]

23. On the subject of Sanders, this is worth reading:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/14/21132038/bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-2020-election

[evertonfc]

27. If it's Bloomberg v Sanders

and neither have 1990 going into convention- Mike is nominee. The party will not willingly run a Democratic socialist. Why? Because we are not Democratic socialists and he will lose.