Remember last month when Hoyer allowed a bogus, anonymous poll to leak how AOC and the Squad were bad news in swing districts ? It was a lie made up by the senior leadership. YouGovBlue just released their REAL polling showing AOC and the Squad are more popular than Trump, Pelosi, Moscow Mitch and equal in popularity to Biden. Some really interesting stuff in this polling.
Warren -2 had the highest favorability.
Pelosi’s favorability -17, Schumer -19 , Trump -14
AOC -6, Pressley -8, Tlaib -13, Ilhan -12
Biden -10, Republican party -23, Moscow Mitch -29
Polling numbers here; filesforprogress.org/…
Article posted here : downwithtyranny.blogspot.com
Pelosi Or AOC? Most Democrats Prefer AOC
Do you remember last month when Hoyer gave the OK for Henry Cuellar (Blue Dog-TX) and Gregory Meeks (New Dem-NY) to surreptitiously circulate an anonymous memo among House Democrats purporting to have polling info showing that AOC-- and the Squad in general-- are being used, successfully, by the GOP to define the Democratic Party and that the four freshmen congresswomen-- AOC , Ilhan, Rashida and Ayanna-- were toxic for the party? As you probably guessed, it was a lie from the Republican wing of the party.
The House establishment's secret poll, supposedly of white people with 2 years or less of college who voted for Trump in 2016-- that's some universe
In any case, a real poll by a reputable firm (YouGov), not a secret, unnamed one-- or pretend one-- just released some very different data. They polled in these 42 battleground congressional districts:
• On net, among voters in battleground districts, Ocasio-Cortez polls at least as well as other major Democratic figures. Ocasio-Cortez is viewed roughly as favorably on net as Joe Biden, and more favorably on net than President Donald Trump and Democratic leadership.
Let me repeat that: each member of the Squad has a net approval rating higher than Trump's in the battleground districts,
Even more fabulous-- AOC is more popular than Pelosi in these battleground districts
AOC is also viewed twice as favorably as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …... and more favorably than Chuck Schumer,
I contacted about two dozen Democratic candidates in this cycle's top battleground districts and asked them-- on condition of anonymity-- if they'd prefer to have Pelosi or AOC in their district campaigning for them. Only two said Pelosi and one made it clear that she wanted Pelosi for fundraising and absolutely not for a public event. 16 said they would like to do a public event in their district with AOC
most of them said they would prefer to see new Democratic leadership in the House in 2021.
However, the idea that Ocasio-Cortez is a unique electoral liability is not consistent with our polling. Her net favorable numbers are comparable to Biden’s. In addition, we do not find any evidence that Biden is uniquely “electable,” in our survey, both Senator Warren and Senator Harris had higher net favorable numbers
Obama to Trump voters — Pelosi {-62} ouch.
The Wall Streeters at Third Way and in Dem Leadership will have to try a new tact to convince the base that progressivism is an electoral loser. Oh, by the way, the highest ratings go to Clean energy companies and Climate activists. Socialists, DFH’s.