"...there’s something kind of bracingly authentic and honest about him and his views."

[WillyT]

Poll: Bernie Is Beating Biden
Sanders has more support than Uncle Joe in the latest Quinnipiac poll.
By Nikki Schwab U.S.News
May 28, 2015 | 1:28 p.m. EDT

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There's no doubt the Democratic presidential field is being dominated by Hillary Clinton, but who's placing a distant second may be a surprise to some.

Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders both have slivers of support – only Sanders, for the first time, is getting more of those morsels. A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Clinton receiving 57 percent of support from Democratic voters nationwide, while Sanders has 15 percent and Biden has 9 percent.

Sanders has slowly picked up steam in these polls. Back in November, and then again in March, he was at just 4 percent. In April, in a poll released a week before he announced on Capitol Hill that he planned to seek the White House, his numbers ticked up to 8 percent. Interviews for the latest poll were concluded the same day as “Bernie-fest” – Sanders’ official campaign kickoff in his home state of Vermont – so the full impact of the official announcement may not even be expressed in these numbers.

Meanwhile, Biden has said he won’t make a decision until late summer about whether he'll run for president, and has steadily polled around 9-10 percent.

Matt Dallek, an assistant professor of political management at George Washington University, wasn’t that surprised to see a Bernie bump. “People became aware that he was running,” Dallek says, ticking off the numerous media appearances Sanders has made since announcing his intentions. Just being on voters’ radar is one way to get some momentum.

Dallek also noted that Sanders can probably always count on a certain amount of liberal support, especially if Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren remains on the sidelines.

“I think he’s actually more effective as a spokesperson for the left than many people thought prior to his announcement,” Dallek says. “He’s very smart, he’s very engaging – there’s something kind of bracingly authentic and honest about him and his views."

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More: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/05/28/bernie-sanders-is-out-polling-joe-biden

[Jackpine Radical]

1. You can just sense the shock in the reporter's comment--

"there’s something kind of bracingly authentic and honest about him and his views."

Like holy shit, man--what's with this guy?

[WillyT]

2. Yep... Politicians Usually Sing A Lullaby... Sanders Sings An Aria...

You Can't Help But Pay Attention.

[Fumesucker]

3. Once you can fake authenticity you've got it made

Running into someone at a high level of government who isn't a largely fake persona seems to be a bit unusual.

[hifiguy]

5. People are going "wut?? He really says what he means

and means what he says??" Been a long lonely, lonely time since someone did that. I think it was Paul Wellstone, who Bernie reminds me of greatly. And a lot of people who never thought they'd vote for Wellstone became big supporters because of his truthfulness. No one owned him - or Bernie - and people can see that and hear it.

[WillyT]

6. + 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!!

[hifiguy]

7. I still think that there are a lot of people who will

look at the state of the country and say to themselves "I may not agree with him about everything but I know he will never bullshit me, and I am sick and tired of bullshit."

[DesertFlower]

8. i agree. nt

[BrotherIvan]

15. Agree with both of your posts

I know I am sick to death of being lied to. I guess a lot of people are still good with it though.

[Jackpine Radical]

24. Feingold got conservative votes for the same reason.

There was just no bullshit about him.

[raouldukelives]

21. Ya, it'd be funnier if it wasn't so sad. nt

[hifiguy]

4. You just can't fake sincerity and truthfulness.

[Jackpine Radical]

25. Nonsense. Psychopaths do it all the time.

Or at least they fake it well enough to lure in 90% of the population. How else do these clowns--including a fair share of Democrats get elected? Why wouldn't honest & sincere candidates win all the time? Why did people pay any attention to the Bakkers or Swaggart?

[juxtaposed]

9. I think if hrc does not respond to the unions request on her stance on ttp

which most unions oppose. we will agian see what happened to her run in 08

[Nye Bevan]

10. Should she please the unions by endorsing Keystone XL?

http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/labor-unions-urge-senate-to-pass-keystone-xl-bill/article/2558456

[juxtaposed]

12. Keystone is a different ball of wax, i think you know that.

[Nye Bevan]

13. Could be a way to appease the unions if her TPA stance pisses them off (nt)

[juxtaposed]

14. with keystone its only the building trades unions in certain states.

with the ttp its most in house unions. I'm not sure if bernie has a good footing with the building trade b/c of his stance on keystone.

[Octafish]

11. Wait until the debates and the national electorate gets to hear Bernie for themselves.

The numbers will change even more. It's also why Corporate McPravda is ignoring his campaign. The guy won't need to buy billions in air time.

[BrotherIvan]

16. I am thinking the debates will be so heavily controlled and the moderators so scripted

All with the intention of shutting him up. They don't really want people to hear what he has to say. He's not practiced and ruthless enough if they pull shennanigans and they will. The party doesn't want to hurt downticket fundraising or lose any of that sweet sweet cash for a $2Billion media buy, so the guy running against campaign corruption isn't their pick. Already we see them coordinating with the Clinton campaign on debates. This is going to be an uphill battle.

[Art_from_Ark]

17. I'm afraid you're right

[BrotherIvan]

18. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's whacked

[Art_from_Ark]

19. There are a lot of other people here who believe the same way

The American corporate media don't want to spoil their gravy train.

[BrotherIvan]

20. Yuup

[hootinholler]

22. Thanks for that!

There are some really interesting numbers in that poll.

I wish they had asked the same questions about Bernie as they did about Hillary.

[WillyT]

23. You Are Quite Welcome !!!

[JEB]

26. Cut the bullshit, vote for Bernie. eom

[WillyT]

27. That's The Plan...

[woo me with science]

28. K&R