PPP has Bernie beating Trump by 10 points, and trailing other R's in margin of error except Bush -7

[peacebird]

We also tested Bernie Sanders against the key Republicans and he trails all of them except Trump. His deficits are 7 points against Jeb Bush (44/37), 5 points against Marco Rubio (41/36), and 1 point against Scott Walker (40/39). Against Trump, Sanders leads 47/37. On average Sanders does 8 points worse than Clinton against the Republicans in these head to head match ups.


Pretty good for a candidate who has a virtual media blackout to contend with!

[ibegurpard]

1. And still 7 months to go till Iowa

Polls at this point don't mean much and 7 months is an eternity in politics. That looks pretty good at this point considering that.

[el_bryanto]

2. I'd agree; the more people get to know him the better he will do. nt

[bornskeptic]

3. It appears that Sanders is getting the votes of the people who always choose the Democrat.

There's nothing here to indicate that Sanders is doing any better than Webb, O'Malley, or Chafee would do. If you or I were listed as the Democratic candidate we'd get between 35% and 40% of the vote, even though nobody polled had ever heard of us. Sure it's early, and things could totally turn around, but this poll shows Sanders losing to Republicans and Clinton winning by margins similar to that Obama won by in 2008. Other than maybe the one point differential with Walker, there's nothing here that should be encouraging to Sanders supporters. The Trump match-up is about Trump. The MOE is 3%, so Sanders is trailing Rubio by almost twice the MOE.

[Zorra]

4. Recommend. nt

[Le Taz Hot]

5. I'm beginning to think this media blackout thing

is a blessing in disguise. It gives us a chance to get the word out about Bernie without the idiot MSM filtering it.

[sabrina 1]

6. And he's doing it without Corporate money, which leaves him free to

tell the truth about the corrosive, corrupting influence of money on our political system which polls show is a concern for voters across the political spectrum.

And he's only just begun.

[DCBob]

7. Not so good for a candidate being ignored by the RW attack machine.

If Bernie somehow miraculously wins the Dem nomination you can be sure they will find (or create) all sorts of juicy Bernie scandals.

[LWolf]

8. K & R

[AtomicKitten]

9. inch by inch ---> progress

Go Bern.

[mmonk]

10. Not bad for a relative unknown in the real world and attacks from both sides of the aisle.

We can do it or at least make a fight out of it and win a concession somewhere where people begin to notice the message or something to reform an unjust system starts to gain momentum.