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TBF

(32,004 posts)
Sat Jul 25, 2015, 10:14 AM Jul 2015

Reason #1 to Vote Bernie

Reason #1 to Vote Bernie: Sanders Does 'Better Than Clinton' Against GOP in Swing States

According to a July 22, 2015 Quinippiac University Poll, Hillary Clinton's once overwhelming lead in public opinion has been cut substantially, and it's still a long way to the February 1, 2016 Iowa Caucus. In states that will decide the 2016 presidential election, Quinippiac reports that "Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, runs as well as, or better than Clinton against Rubio, Bush and Walker." According to its latest poll, Quinippiac explains how Clinton's lead has eroded in swing states, while Sanders's surge has spread from Iowa and New Hampshire to other key regions:

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is behind or on the wrong side of a too-close-to-call result in matchups with three leading Republican contenders, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in Colorado, Iowa and Virginia, according to a Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll released today...

In several matchups in Iowa and Colorado, another Democratic contender, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, runs as well as, or better than Clinton against Rubio, Bush and Walker...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/reason-1-to-vote-bernie-sanders_b_7863524.html

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Reason #1 to Vote Bernie (Original Post) TBF Jul 2015 OP
K&R marym625 Jul 2015 #1
That poll doesn't count 99th_Monkey Jul 2015 #2
And it doesn't count because you can't use their own argument against them. (sarcasm thingie) n/t A Simple Game Jul 2015 #4
K&R. JDPriestly Jul 2015 #3
and if that changes closer to the election will you make this you #1 reason to NOT vote for Sanders? Hamlette Jul 2015 #5
This group is for supporters of Bernie Sanders. smokey nj Jul 2015 #6
I won't have to because he will not be TBF Jul 2015 #7
K&R azmom Jul 2015 #8

Hamlette

(15,408 posts)
5. and if that changes closer to the election will you make this you #1 reason to NOT vote for Sanders?
Sat Jul 25, 2015, 01:06 PM
Jul 2015

This reasoning doesn't work for me 15 months out.

TBF

(32,004 posts)
7. I won't have to because he will not be
Sat Jul 25, 2015, 05:31 PM
Jul 2015

the nominee. But it is VERY important to consider this as we are voting in the primaries. Who can best beat Bush, Walker or Rubio?

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