The Sanders campaign has released its internal polling. Really good news from their pollster Tulchin Research .
I encourage you to delve into their link above as they expand on the key points given below with the numbers and analysis.
A series of reputable public polls released recently – notably the ABC News/Washington Post poll and the New York Times/CBS poll – contained a lot of very encouraging news for Senator Bernie Sanders and his presidential campaign. Yet the articles discussing the results positioned Hillary Clinton as "dominating" or "sweeping" the Democratic primary. In response to this erroneous interpretation, we felt compelled to set the record straight and provide a more accurate analysis of this polling data and its implications for Sanders, Clinton and the Democratic presidential primary contest.
There are several key points we will address in this memo, focusing on the fact that:
Bernie Sanders continues to close the gap in the primary horserace with Hillary Clinton, even over the past month which pundits broadly declared a very good period for HRC, even going so far as calling it her "best month ever";
Sanders is steadily increasing his name ID and favorability ratings with Democrats, especially Democratic primary voters;
Sanders’ message of income inequality and political corruption by special interests is driving the issue agenda within the Democratic primary;
Hillary Clinton has real vulnerabilities within the Democratic primary electorate, particularly on "being too close to special interests and Wall Street," among other issues;
Sanders is much more popular with independents than HRC, which has major implications for both the primary and the general election; and
Sanders is currently much better positioned with Republican voters than HRC. When combined with his vastly superior standing with independents, this helps explain why Sanders does at least as well if not better than Clinton in general election match-ups with leading Republican candidates. These findings raise real questions as to which of these leading Democratic candidates is in fact the best positioned for the general election.
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