Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumShift in the recent PPP poll relative to last month that no one is talking about
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(706 posts)RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)I often wonder.
Hiraeth
(4,805 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)djean111
(14,255 posts)support based on polls, and not on the issues. Like the issues are irrelevant or something. Maybe they are, for some.
leftcoastmountains
(2,968 posts)Volunteers become more energized to work. It's like that article from the NY Times that's been posted several times here
said the enthusiasm creates more enthusiasm.It has a snowball effect or herd effect if you will.
It might prompt the crowd that says only HRC can win to possibly reconsider.
Admiral Loinpresser
(3,859 posts)silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]And welcome to DU!
[font color="purple" face="Verdana"]Go, Bernie!
HerbChestnut
(3,649 posts)His 'Not Sure' percentage among African Americans actually increased from July. You'd think that an inversion of likeability, or even time itself, would signal an increase in exposure. There's a lot of things in that poll that just seem a little odd. I mentioned in a GDP thread that 61% of Clinton supporters aren't sure who'd be their second choice (Bernie gets 30% there). Also, Bernie only received 2% (2!!) of the 'Somewhat Conservative' vote, whereas he received 12% of the 'Very Conservative' vote. Go figure...
ieoeja
(9,748 posts)Unfavorable was their first instinct. "Oh, he's a socialist. Fuck him then."
Then as they got to know his positions they liked what they heard and switched to unsure. Actually, what would be odd is going from unfavorable directly to favorable. You would expect an unsure point somewhere in the middle of it.
As for African-Americans a lot of them operate under the assumption that any White person they do not know is racist. Sadly that is not just reasonable, it is a necessary survival mechanism in this country.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)I keep seeing it referenced, but haven't seen the actual poll yet.
Hiraeth
(4,805 posts)xynthee
(477 posts)I don't know how I missed it!!
Old Crow
(2,212 posts)Thanks for finding this!
PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)This just can't be right!1!!
ETA: I just noticed that this poll is about 'favorability' vs 'unfavorability' rather than 'supporters' per se... But I'll still let my post stand because that kind of speculation just plain cracks me up! Plus, who is to say that all those 'favorables' and 'don't knows' won't soon translate to actual support? I'm betting most will if they haven't already.
progree
(10,957 posts)Last edited Tue Sep 1, 2015, 05:24 PM - Edit history (3)
Amongst African Americans primary voters, Bernie's favorability / unfavorability ratings:
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July 20-21 Favorable: 21%, Unfavorable: 40%
Aug. 23-30 Favorable: 38%, Unfavorable: 19%
`Change ` Favorable: +17%, Unfavorable: -21%[/font]
Probably all within the margin of error and all that, bad sampling, maybe only called landlines, PPP is infested with Bernistas, polls in August have historically been unreliable, the summer's almost over and people are depressed and not thinking straight, the numbers are not seasonally adjusted nor inflation-adjusted, or something or all of the above I bet
Besides they never called me or anybody I know, so do we know for sure that this is a real poll? I doubt it. {1}
Anyway, the rate of change of Bernie's favorability and unfavorability is just a fraction of one percent a day, barely more than half a percent a day. The primaries are just around the corner, too little time for Bernie to catch up at this slow-poke rate.
(Ooops, just noticed I'm in the Bernie Sanders Group. )
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{1} Some idiot actually used this line on me in a message board argument, I kid you not.