North Carolina is known for becoming a liberal bastion in the fairly conservative South, and the most recent PPP poll out of the state looks to confirm that position.
Bernie Sanders is only 33 points behind Hillary Clinton in North Carolina.
I feel like I need to say that again.
Bernie Sanders is only 33 points behind Hillary Clinton in North Carolina.
Let that sink in for a moment.
Admittedly, I had my doubts about the Sanders campaign as soon as he entered the race, and even recently I’ve thought that at best he would just delay Clinton’s nomination by a couple of weeks and promote my progressive values. He does has a legitimate shot at the nomination now.
His state and national numbers have been rising, but then I had a chance to watch the most recent Democratic debate.
If every Democrat would look at a list of where the candidates stand on both social and economic issues, without names being attached to it, I would imagine 80% or more would see that they aren’t that different from each other. However, because Hillary Clinton is more “electable”, many Democrats tend to side with her, even though she is clearly in bed with equal rights, Wall Street reform, middle class prosperity and has a resume to die for.
At this point, I don’t think someone can say with a straight face that Clinton would have an easier time winning a general election than Sanders. HRC’s problem is that far more people know her than Bernie. Older people, and African-Americans prefer Clinton by a wide margin, you know, the kind group who turn out in droves all the time particularly in North Carolina, but especially so for the general election.
Iowa is a tossup right now and an absolute must win for Sanders, while Sanders has the lead in New Hampshire. Who knows what will happen on March 15th, except it is pretty clear what is going to happen in North Carolina unless something very big happens.
SNARK! Sorry but that recommended diary was so over the top.
The truth is Bernie is doing GREAT and Hillary is doing GREAT and both are very electable in the general election considering who they will be running against.
Republicans are favored for the general election in North Carolina, although the match ups are close. Marco Rubio does the best against Hillary Clinton, leading her by 5 at 47/42. Carson leads Clinton 47/44, Cruz leads her 46/43, and Bush and Trump each have 45/43 advantages. The GOP field all leads Bernie Sanders as well- it's a 43/38 advantage for Cruz, 44/40 for Carson, 43/39 for Rubio, 45/43 for Trump, and 42/41 for Bush. And we haven’t even started our excellent ground game yet! We will win in North Carolina and if we do the SCOTUS is ours baby!
And it is too bad that both of our candidates can’t win.