Posted on 02/19/2016 9:11:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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.
The findings underscore the challenge facing Hillary Clinton as she enters the Democratic contest's pivotal spring stretch, when primaries across the country mean that many of the party's voters will finally get their say on her candidacy.
Clinton's campaign has argued that as voters learned more about his record, Sanders will begin to lose support. Instead, it seems that as Sanders has gotten more scrutiny, support for him has only grown. While Clinton continues to be the Democratic candidate who's most well-liked within her own party, Sanders is gaining on her.
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He he he
Bernie wouldn’t have a chance except that the D party machine bosses are still trying to shove Woof Woof Hillary the Liar down everyone’s throats and they won’t stand for it. Absent the normal heir apparent ( the VP), Bernie had an opening and he’s doing spectacularly well at it, too. (Hillary will be barking at the moon through the bars of her prison cell, woof woof. )
Didn’t Bernie just recently join the democrat party? The democrats weren’t radical enough for him. What a flaming socialist.
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