Posted on 02/17/2016 4:38:23 AM PST by BigEdLB
Likely Democratic caucusgoers in Nevada are split almost evenly between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders ahead of Saturday's caucuses, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll.
Though Clinton holds an edge over Sanders on handling a range of top issues, the results suggest the extremely close race hinges on divided opinions on the economy.
Overall, 48% of likely caucus attendees say they support Clinton, 47% Sanders. Both candidates carry their demographic strong points from prior states into Nevada, with Clinton holding an edge among women, while Sanders tops the former secretary of state among voters under age 55.
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The Republican side seems set for less suspense when that party holds caucuses on Tuesday, February 23. The poll finds businessman Donald Trump holding a wide lead, topping the field with the support of 45% of those likely to caucus. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are closely matched in the race for second place, with Rubio at 19% and Cruz at 17%. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson (7%), Ohio Gov. John Kasich (5%) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (1%) lag well behind those three.
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Prediction: Sanders beats Clinton by a comfortable margin in Nevada, but Hillary gets the majority of delegates after winning 11 consecutive coin tosses.
——the results suggest the extremely close race hinges on -——
-——how will Dingy Harry manipulate the votes
If that keeps up, Sanders and his doped up hippies will go 3rd party. The sore loser laws will be thrown out by a judge because of all the states where Sanders gets the most votes and Hillary got the most delegates. He will have ballot access.
Figures. Nevada is full of strip clubs and casinos...figures they’d be going for Trump.
45%. Holy cow. And no doubt Sandoval will come out for Rubio.
I’m hard-pressed to think of a single redeeming characteristic of the NY real estate guy.
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How about this; without Trump Bush would be at, or near the top.
Ok, Cruzers. Ready for tough love? Ready for analysis that you won’t like?
Look at “will change the way things work in Washington”
Trump 64, Cruz 13, Rubio 9
Now, let’s talk about all those stupid endorsements. Wanna see what that means to voters? Endorsements by entrenched pols=”Washington”
Ted has been killing himself with all these idiotic endorsements.
Jeb better airdrop his mommy, daddy, and brother into Nevada, and help him struggle up to 3 percent.
Bush is very low.
Yes, he is...
[the dems cant let bernie keep winning elections and give hillary all the delegates the gimmie hippies wont stand for it]
Hopefully these games will piss off Bernie and his supporters enough that if he’s not the nominee, he’ll run independently. Or they will just stay home.
[How about this; without Trump Bush would be at, or near the top.]
Yup. And Cruz would be stuck in the 3% Club.
[Figures. Nevada is full of strip clubs and casinos...figures they’d be going for Trump.]
Must be the ads Trump ran that cast a porn actress...
I see trouble coming for Demwits. The convention should be a hoot. Lefties won’t stand for Hillary getting all the delegates without a fight. Stay tuned...
You’re right. Bernie’s people will not be happy.
I think most Sanders supporters will sit out the election. That’s a lot of kooks not voting for the Dem.
i’m hoping it will set the hippies off and they start burning down colleges
Plus, in "open primary" states, a close race means that Democrats are more likely to vote in the Dem race, rather than try to cross over and mess up the Republican primary.
Look, if Ted Cruz cast a porn star in one of his commercials, I’m sure he had a perfectly pure and upright reason for doing so.
"Now I'm going to read you a few phrases which describe the candidates, and for each one, tell me which Republican candidate you think that phrase best describes, regardless of who you are voting for. Which Republican candidate do you think: Has the best chance of winning in the general election in November?"
Trump 56% Rubio 18% Cruz 16%
This is a dishonest conclusion. CNN poll was over multiple days, with a very low sample size on the last day, which was post-debate. IOW, margin of error is probably 10 points or more when looking at such a small number. All other post-debate polls for the same day and the following show Trump either gaining or losing 1 or 2 points, all within normal variation.
I foresee Bernie dying somewhere of "natural causes" with a pillow over his head.
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