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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 12:27 PM Aug 2016

ABC/WAPO POLL: Hillary’s Popularity Soars Among Democrats, Minorities

The national media desperately want to convince the American public that Hillary is unloved and unpopular. It is a pervasive and pernicious narrative that marginalizes the millions of people who like, admire and support her. The reality is very different from the media spin.

Source: Peter Daou at Blue Nation Review

Here’s the headline trumpeting a new ABC News/Washington Post survey: Poll: Clinton Unpopularity at New High, on Par With Trump.

This is the traditional media’s favorite storyline: Hillary is hated. Her opponents repeat the point incessantly, hoping it will convince the world that she deserves to be shunned.

Yet somehow she keeps winning. It vexes them.

Four out of five Democrats view Hillary favorably, as do four out of five Blacks. Her favorability is nearly 2-1 among non-whites overall.

So the negative numbers are coming from Republicans and Independents who are inundated with Hillary hate day and night. It is an unfortunate fact of her candidacy and career that she is subjected to inordinate levels of negativity, unlike anything any other candidate has endured. That avalanche of invective is bound to suppress her favorability among certain segments of the public.

Read it at: http://bluenationreview.com/hillary-clintons-popularity-soars-among-democrats-minorities/

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ABC/WAPO POLL: Hillary’s Popularity Soars Among Democrats, Minorities (Original Post) yallerdawg Aug 2016 OP
Yep stopbush Aug 2016 #1
Oops another MSM lie bites the dust! MoonRiver Aug 2016 #2
Thanks! This makes me smile. sarae Aug 2016 #3
Are There Horserace Numbers/Toplines to This Poll? DarthDem Aug 2016 #4
Just a poll to confirm the media message... yallerdawg Aug 2016 #6
yup. mopinko Aug 2016 #28
Someone explain... SCliberal91294 Aug 2016 #5
Where did you hear that? leftynyc Aug 2016 #7
Fox and CNN were citing this all day yesterday Thrill Aug 2016 #24
Bull Shit! You still have not provided a source. MoonRiver Aug 2016 #14
I feel your concern, but please provide a link Hekate Aug 2016 #20
I heard it was like, 80 points or somethin'. Codeine Aug 2016 #21
Brava Hillary! sheshe2 Aug 2016 #8
CC: Andrea Mitchell, Chuck Todd, Mika Brzenski (however you spell her name) MSNBC, CNN, CBS, etc UMTerp01 Aug 2016 #9
kick - agree, hillary is not hated patsimp Aug 2016 #10
New poll numbers from Wisconsin....... a kennedy Aug 2016 #11
At least this poll admits it has a Republican lean. writes3000 Aug 2016 #12
I simply never consider the Marquette Poll LakeArenal Aug 2016 #16
Why it's the most accurate poll in the state book_worm Aug 2016 #23
Today it may be on par with other polls LakeArenal Sep 2016 #30
Interesting ... "Soars among Democrats" ... among Democrats, eh? Yes, DEMOCRATS!! NurseJackie Aug 2016 #13
Gee, that's strange lillypaddle Aug 2016 #15
me too... I'm very confused! tandem5 Aug 2016 #17
I'm hoping hatred will end bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #18
A week or so ago I did a double-take at a "Hillary's negatives" news spot. MSNBC or CNN, whatever... Hekate Aug 2016 #19
And from OP link: yallerdawg Aug 2016 #22
37% is the number of zealots there are at both ends LakeArenal Sep 2016 #29
... and tRumps numbers among republicans are NOT as high as HRC's among dems uponit7771 Aug 2016 #25
kick & highly recommended! William769 Aug 2016 #26
Kick. Jim Dandy Aug 2016 #27

DarthDem

(5,253 posts)
4. Are There Horserace Numbers/Toplines to This Poll?
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 12:42 PM
Aug 2016

Or was it just a popularity measure? I didn't see horserace numbers at the link.

Thrill

(19,178 posts)
24. Fox and CNN were citing this all day yesterday
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 05:32 PM
Aug 2016

Not sure what Poll they were talking about though

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
23. Why it's the most accurate poll in the state
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 05:28 PM
Aug 2016

And pretty much on par with the other Wisconsin poll out today from Monmouth. Hillary will win Wisconsin. If Feingold is 13-points ahead I can't see many people voting for Russ and then voting for Trump. There are a lot of undecided on the presidential poll and relatively few on the Senate race. Those people who are undecided for president are mostly voting Feingold for Senate and in the end they will vote for Hillary, too.

LakeArenal

(28,729 posts)
30. Today it may be on par with other polls
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 03:43 PM
Sep 2016

But personally I don't think they are at other times or in other elections.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
13. Interesting ... "Soars among Democrats" ... among Democrats, eh? Yes, DEMOCRATS!!
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:19 PM
Aug 2016

What a relief! That really says something! It explains a lot!

lillypaddle

(9,580 posts)
15. Gee, that's strange
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:52 PM
Aug 2016

I just read something on HuffPost about how disliked by virtually everyone she is. Go figure.

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
18. I'm hoping hatred will end
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 03:05 PM
Aug 2016

but I don't think excellent public service will do it

I think politicians will do it when they launch an anti-hate campaign,
calling hatred for what it is.

Everything you hear, one of the first filters should be, is it hate?
What are they trying to tell me?

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
19. A week or so ago I did a double-take at a "Hillary's negatives" news spot. MSNBC or CNN, whatever...
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 03:26 PM
Aug 2016

Someone was earnestly explaining how Hillary and DTs were both equally despised by American voters. Then they displayed the numbers. It was something like 57% of voters can't stand Trump. For Hillary? 37% negative.

First and foremost, that's a 20% difference -- that's not "the same." 

But here's where the double-take came in: 37% is the mouth-breather base of the GOP. 37% is the number of people in the USA who are at any one time looking for a strong-man to take over. 37% is actually what any Democratic candidate would expect would never vote for them even if Hell froze over.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
22. And from OP link:
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 03:33 PM
Aug 2016

"There’s one more crucial detail missing from the unceasing narrative that Hillary is deeply unpopular — as promulgated in the ABC headline — namely, that she and Trump are viewed negatively for polar opposite reasons. He, because he is a bigot and bully; she, because she is furiously, continuously and unfairly maligned."

LakeArenal

(28,729 posts)
29. 37% is the number of zealots there are at both ends
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 03:41 PM
Sep 2016

I am in the 37% of the left zealots. But no one can win their election with the zealot vote. It helps, but just isn't enough.

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