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| Zogby doesn't know math The mediocre and discredited pollster John Zogby just conducted a poll which he analyzed in Forbes. Link
Zogby says that
"Mrs. Clinton’s lead against neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson is only 3 |
motorized | 11/09/2015 | 9 | 1 | - | - |
| Iowa: 2007 Obama outpacing 2016 Sanders The fact that Hillary Clinton still led Barack Obama nationally by a comfortable margin at this point in 2007 has so far provided Bernie Sanders' supporters with a good cause for relief. After all, Cl |
motorized | 11/26/2015 | 109 | 21 | - | - |
| African American professor warns against "exaggerating the scope of racism" Randall Kennedy, one of the African American professors whose portrait was defaced with black tape in Harvard wrote an op-ed on the NY Times. He warns against the rush to judgment that the culprit is |
motorized | 11/28/2015 | 64 | 4 | - | - |
| The first national post-Killermike poll is out Rapper killer Mike endorsed Bernie Sanders recently. There was extremely large and enthusiastic coverage of this endorsement in social media by Bernie Sanders' supporters. This endorsement, we ... |
motorized | 12/03/2015 | 33 | 1 | - | - |
| Nate Silver doesn't like Reuters/Ipsos Earlier this year, political scientist Nate Silver criticized online polls on the ground that they are flawed..
"Too often these outlier polls receive more attention precisely because their resul |
motorized | 12/04/2015 | 22 | 5 | - | - |
| Top analyst: Clinton will finished third in Iowa, behind Sanders and O'Malley The prestigious H. A. Goodman of Huffington Post predicts a Sanders victory in Iowa, followed by O’Malley in second place and Hillary on third, because 1) She is a moderate and 2) She finished third |
motorized | 12/06/2015 | 53 | 2 | - | - |
| In 2007, Obama was ahead in Iowa at this time of year Barack Obama was beginning to dominate Hillary Clinton in 2008 around this time of the year. In three polls conducted around December 7, 2008, Obama led Clinton by 6% (Newsweek) and 8% (Strategic Visi |
motorized | 12/07/2015 | 17 | 5 | - | - |
| Hillary's lead increases 2% in New Iowa poll (Selzer-DMR) Good news for Bernie Sanders in a new NBC/WSJ national poll didn't last long, as a new Iowa poll shows that Hillary Clinton, whose lead was 7% in the previous Selzer poll, has now a 9% lead in that sa |
motorized | 12/14/2015 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| NBC/WSJ poll is the only poll showing a Clinton decline A review of polls shows that in the most recent Quinnipiac, IBD/Tipp and CBS polls, Clinton has either remained stable or increased her national lead over Sanders compared to the previous correspondin |
motorized | 12/14/2015 | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| Washington Post: Cruz and Sanders are too extreme
"The majority of Americans are not extreme conservatives or extreme liberals; history suggests they are not going to support, and the democratic system is not going to allow, a revolution or co |
motorized | 02/03/2016 | 37 | 9 | - | - |
| Sanders' fake endorsement problem Time magazine reports that Bernie Sanders released an ad that falsely implied he was endorsed by two New Hampshire newspapers (Nashua Telegraph and Valley News). The newspapers did not endorse him. ti |
motorized | 02/04/2016 | 71 | 14 | - | - |
| CRFB: Sanders' health plan would fall short by $3 trillion
A new report by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget just found that Bernie Sanders' health care plan would be very expensive, with its costs outweighing the savings by ... |
motorized | 02/04/2016 | 102 | 13 | - | - |
| Black people "far worse" under Obama, says Sanders' NAACP endorser Former NAACP chief Ben Jealous just endorsed Bernie Sanders. www.cnn.com/...
Like Cornell West, Jealous believes Obama is a bad President. This is from 2013:
"NAACP President and CEO B |
motorized | 02/04/2016 | 122 | 4 | - | - |
| CNN, please stop polling primaries. This diary examines the extent to which CNN commissions inaccurate polls.
In 2008, Obama won Iowa by 8% and Hillary took New Hampshire by 3%.. CNN picked the loser in both contests (Hillary in I |
motorized | 02/05/2016 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Experts dismiss Quinnipiac national poll (with Sanders down by just 2%) as an "outlier" Experts have dismissed a new Quinnipiac poll poll showing Bernie Sanders within 2 points of Hillary Clinton as an outlier.
The Washington Post's political blog tells it's readers to "be skepti |
motorized | 02/05/2016 | 55 | 9 | - | - |
| New Georgia poll: bad news for Bernie With 24 days to go, Hillary Clinton leads Sanders 63%-22% in a new Landmark Poll conducted February 4th. Link
For context, Hillary never led Obama in Georgia during 2008. Not once.
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motorized | 02/05/2016 | 364 | 51 | - | - |
| Sanders: "real” joblessness rate is closer to 10 percent" The latest job report found the unemployment rate at 4.9%. Bernie Sanders quickly used the right wing tactic of pretending that the joblessness rate is actually a different measure. 10%, to be ... |
motorized | 02/06/2016 | 73 | 7 | - | - |
| New Michigan poll is bad news for Bernie Sanders As is the case in several other states where non-white people exist, Hillary Clinton holds a very big lead according to a new poll in the Wolverine state:
In a poll from political newsletter |
motorized | 02/06/2016 | 217 | 63 | - | - |
| Attorney who represented Trayvon, Mike Brown, endorses Hillary Clinton The prominent civil rights lawyer who fought for justice in the Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown case just endorsed Hillary Clinton.
This is a very important endorsement which should boost Clinto |
motorized | 02/06/2016 | 11 | 24 | - | - |
| Michael Moore scolds Obama: "do some of the things we elected you to do" President Obama is not showing initiative and should do what voters elected him to do, he said in January while talking to Megyn Kelly in Fox. Fox loved the quote so much that it tweeted it.
... |
motorized | 02/08/2016 | 61 | 17 | - | - |
| North Carolina poll: Clinton crushes Sanders A new High Point University in North Carolina shows Hillary Clinton ahead of Bernie Sanders by a margin of 26%, that is, 55-29%. http://bit.ly/1Q3BLrc
At this point in 2008, Obama topped Clinto |
motorized | 02/08/2016 | 135 | 46 | - | - |
| Their final NH poll is in: Sanders +26. Will CNN finally be right? CNN, which has performed horribly in primary contests in the past, has an opportunity for vindication tonight when Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton face off in New Hampshire.
If Bernie ... |
motorized | 02/09/2016 | 20 | 1 | - | - |
| Obama throws shade at Bernie and his supporters In a clear reference to Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump supporters, President Obama told CBS in an Tuesday interview that sometimes voters let their "passion" do the picking for them, instead of using |
motorized | 02/10/2016 | 283 | 20 | - | - |
| Former White House Press Secretary: Obama prefers Clinton over Sanders (Feb. 10, 2016) Wow.
“ President Obama is rooting for Hillary Clinton over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Democratic presidential race, according to former White House press secrteary Jay Carney.
“I |
motorized | 02/10/2016 | 21 | 14 | - | - |
| Bernie Sanders questions Obama's leadership Obama lacks leadership because he has not closed the gap between Congress and the People, Bernie Sanders just said as reported by Politico today:
" “There’s a huge gap right now between Congre |
motorized | 02/11/2016 | 83 | 18 | - | - |
| Sanders cannot pretend to like Obama and ask for revolution at the same time During the last debate Bernie Sanders said that Hillary ran against Obama. Sanders did not run against Obama.
But Bernie Sanders obviously does not think Americans made the right choice by pickin |
motorized | 02/12/2016 | 85 | 15 | - | - |
| Warning: New Nevada poll conducted by Republicans, commissioned by Republicans A new Nevada poll finds Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton tied at 45%.
However, it is worth noting that the pollster (TargetPoint) has Michael Meyers as President. Woh is Michael Meyers? See th |
motorized | 02/12/2016 | 22 | 15 | - | - |
| Largest newspaper in Texas endorses Hillary Clinton The Dallas Morning News newspaper endorsed Obama in 2008.
Why they endorsed her now:
"A better choice not because he’s too liberal to win in November, though he is. She’s better because o |
motorized | 02/12/2016 | 82 | 61 | - | - |
| Another Republican pollster finds good news for Bernie (Trails Clinton by just 11% in IL) Strangely, conservative newspapers are commissioning Democratic-primary polls conducted by firms owned by former Republican operatives. I recently wrote a diary in a Republican firm polling Nevada fro |
motorized | 02/12/2016 | 28 | 14 | - | - |
| Is Karl Rove rooting for Bernie or Hillary ? I was trying to figure out who Karl Rove is rooting for in the Democratic primaries, but I was unable to reach a conclusion by looking at the latest articles in the website of his Super PAC, American |
motorized | 02/14/2016 | 70 | 4 | - | - |
| Obama doesn't like Bernie Sanders, Ruth Marcus explains Yesterday, Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post explained the divide between President Obama and Bernie Sanders.
The day after Bernie won the NH primaries, Obama said that voters...
"insti |
motorized | 02/15/2016 | 85 | 14 | - | - |
| New Hampshire GOP warns Democrats: support Bernie Sanders. He won The New Hampshire GOP has a petition out warning Democratic delegates not to support Hillary Clinton because Bernie Sanders won and democracy should be respected.
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motorized | 02/15/2016 | 57 | 13 | - | - |
| Chris Hayes takes Bill Clinton out of context Barack Obama is a change maker who does not have Congress on his side.
Barack Obama is not a change maker who has Congress on his side.
It's simple, and it is what Bill Clinton said in a ... |
motorized | 02/16/2016 | 9 | 6 | - | - |
| Killer Mike: "Having a uterus doesn't qualify you to be president of the United States" A reporter for an NBC affiliate in Georgia is quoting Killer Mike, (Whose endorsement Bernie Sanders was very proud to receive) as uttering the sexist quote above in a rally. mobile.twitter.com/... |
motorized | 02/16/2016 | 327 | 39 | - | - |
| Former Obama/Clinton economists: Sanders' claims not supported by evidence Several economists, some of whom worked in the Obama White House and some who worked for Bill Clinton, just posted an argument against the validity of Bernie Sanders' claims regarding the nature of hi |
motorized | 02/17/2016 | 42 | 14 | - | - |
| Clinton's national lead increases a bit in new YouGov poll In a new poll that the media will largely dismiss because it does not fit it's favorite narrative, Hillary Clinton leads Sanders 53-39% nationwide, up. from a 12% lead in late January.
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motorized | 02/18/2016 | 21 | 22 | - | - |
| Bernie supporters tout national poll made by a Republican (John McLaughlin) The trend continues: Bernie excels in polls conducted by Republicans. Today we were informed that a pollster (no mention in the diary of the fact that it is a Republican firm) found Bernie Sanders tie |
motorized | 02/20/2016 | 27 | 17 | - | - |
| H. A. Goodman nailed the results! I hear a lot of people,especially Clinton supporters, make fun of and belittle the Huffington Post analyst on the grounds that he knows not what he talks about.
But Goodman nailed the results whe |
motorized | 02/20/2016 | 14 | 11 | - | - |
| Flashback: Washington Free Beacon poll: Clinton and Sanders tied in NV! As you may have noticed, Bernie Sanders supporters love right wing newspapers and right wing sources.
One such example was the excitement generated here by a polling firm (Target Point) ... |
motorized | 02/21/2016 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| RNC: Hillary's performance in Nevada "a blow to her struggling campaign" The RNC chief Reince Priebus once again goes to bat for Bernie Sanders via Twitter.
Republicans have tried to help Bernie Sanders via Super PAC. ads, Twitter posts, dubious polls commiss |
motorized | 02/21/2016 | 17 | 6 | - | - |
| New York Times: Evidence suggests Clinton Won the Hispanic vote in Nevada The New York Times' politics blog led by Nate Cohn casts doubt on an entrance poll showing Sanders ahead of Clinton in the Latino vote in Nevada, and concludes Clinton Won that group.
Clinton su |
motorized | 02/21/2016 | 45 | 42 | - | - |
| Michigan poll by ARG: Clinton 53%, Sanders 40% (Bad news for Bernie) Bad news for Bernie Sanders in Michigan for four reasons,
1) Michigan has a proportion of white peoole/total population that is even higher than Nevada's, yet Sanders is struggling anyway. |
motorized | 02/22/2016 | 35 | 30 | - | - |
| In new Texas poll, Hispanics prefer Clinton over Sanders 60%-37% Sanders supporters were very excited following a widely criticized CNN entrance poll showing Sanders ahead of Clinton among Latinos in Nevada. Several experts criticized the poll.
Now a new You |
motorized | 02/23/2016 | 29 | 16 | - | - |
| New Jersey not #feelingthebern (Rutgers poll) In the Garden State, Hillary Clinton crushes Bernie Sanders by a 23% margin, according to a new Rutgers University poll (landlines and cell phones). Link
Hispanics in the state are the largest ... |
motorized | 02/24/2016 | 68 | 39 | - | - |
| Confirmed. Reuters/Ipsos was an outlier. New national poll: Clinton 57, Sanders 36% Bernie Sanders supporters were very excited to hear that an outlier Reuuters/Ipsos poll has Bernie Sanders ahead of Clinton by 6%.
I found the result weird, because, well, everyone except for San |
motorized | 02/24/2016 | 37 | 30 | - | - |
| The bad news continue for Sanders. Clinton up by 21% in new Pennsylvania poll Hillary Clinton leads Sanders by 21 in the Keystone state. %.
Poll after poll in high population states show Clinton ahead yet Bernie supporters insist that Sanders is ahead nationally based on |
motorized | 02/25/2016 | 157 | 84 | - | - |
| AP poll: People reject Single Payer when told about the details AP conducted a poll in which a plurality, 39%,supports Single Payer.
But a whopping 70% of those supporters changed their mind when told about paying higher taxes for it and having to abandon ... |
motorized | 02/25/2016 | 150 | 10 | - | - |
| Sorry to pile up, fellow Berniac Texans You have been bombarded with many polls from Texas in the past 24 hours, so I apologize for giving you a new one: Clinton leads Sanders by 34% according to a new TX Monmouth poll. www.monmouth.edu/ |
motorized | 02/25/2016 | 18 | 6 | - | - |
| Clemson, SC poll: Clinton +50 In what I initially thought was a typo, Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders by all the points in the world (50%) in a new poll by Clemson University:
"The survey of likely voters showed 64 p |
motorized | 02/25/2016 | 107 | 15 | - | - |
| VA-Monmouth: Clinton +27 (Feb. 22-24) I was under the impression that Bernie Sanders had a modest chance to win Virginia, as polls there had not recently showed him too far ahead of Clinton.
I have now changed my mind now that Hilla |
motorized | 02/25/2016 | 50 | 29 | - | - |
| Congressional Hispanic Caucus PAC to endorse Clinton Bernie supporters recently swore that Bernie Sanders Was making inroads among Hispanic voters, because a flawed CNN entrance poll said she won Hispanics in Nevada. Time has proved these people wrong. |
motorized | 02/25/2016 | 34 | 32 | - | - |
| The good news for Sanders: Massachusetts is very white and very liberal. Now the bad news
Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders 49-45% in a new Massachusetts poll.
It could be that white liberals are abandoning Sanders due to the bandwagon effect. That is, as Sanders looks |
motorized | 02/25/2016 | 83 | 39 | - | - |
| Predator behind the Kansas shooting identified as Cedric Larry Ford ABC News reports:
"T he man accused of opening fire at a Kansas business and two other locations, killing three people and wounding 14, has been identified as Cedric Larry Ford, 38, according ... |
motorized | 02/26/2016 | 48 | - | - | - |
| Sanders is "the only true progressive" in Dem. race, Karl Rove's SuperPAC says NPR has a new story (listen here) informing us that during the Nevada caucuses Karl Rove’s American Crossroads Super PAC branded Bernie Sanders the “only true progressive” in the Democratic race.
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motorized | 02/26/2016 | 123 | 9 | - | - |
| Michigan poll: Clinton crushes Sanders by a 34% margin I better duck.
Because I am about to break the news that with 11 days to go until the Michigan Democratic primaries, Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders by a 34% margin.
The most recent |
motorized | 02/26/2016 | 95 | 14 | - | - |
| With 4 days to go, Clinton leads Sanders by 17% in Virginia (Roanoke) I really want to convey good news to Bernie Sanders’ supporters, but I just can’t find any. Virginia is one of the Super Tuesday states. Her lead is 17% according to a new Roanoake College poll.
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motorized | 02/26/2016 | 38 | 26 | - | - |
| One of Sanders' foreign policy advisers suggested Assad using chemical weapons was a false flag op Two days ago Politico reported: " Lawrence Wilkerson, who served as chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell — and who harshly criticized Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq — said that he has give |
motorized | 02/26/2016 | 29 | - | - | - |