If Sen Sanders runs as a Democrat - do you believe he could win the nomination and go on and win the

[Douglas Carpenter]

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General Election?

As a disclaimer of my own bias - Because Sen. Bernie Sanders has such incredible persuasive abilities and is able to explain the progressive social democratic perspective in such practical bread and butter terms that more often than not - he at least wins the respect of even many conservatives and because issue by issue he is more in tune with the vast majority of ordinary Americans than any major candidate in recent memory - Yes, I personally do believe it is possible he could win the Democratic Party nomination and go on to win the general election. However, I think it is more likely that he would have a strong influence that could bring back progressivism into the mainstream of national political discussion for the first time in more than a generation.

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	He has no better of a chance of winning the Democratic nomination and becoming President than I do.
	18 (36%)
	He has a chance to win the Democratic Party nomination and go on and win the general election - but only the most farfetched and remote chance
	6 (12%)
	If his campaign can mobilize all the true believers in the primaries like McGovern did in 1972 - he could conceivably win the nomination - but he would be solidly defeated in the general election.
	2 (4%)
	Yes, it is well within the range of possibility. Bernie can win.
	24 (48%)
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