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CNN asked Las Vegas odds-maker Jimmy Vaccaro to lay the current odds on the presidential primary contenders.
Interesting that Vaccaro puts Bernie Sanders chances to be the Democratic nominee the same as Trump/Bush/Rubio.
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Unemployment historically heads lower under recent Democratic presidents than Republicans.
Look at the chart above. Note how the lines head downward during Clinton and Obama’s years.
There you have it.
In the latest USA Today/Suffolk University poll, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton still leads Sen. Bernie Sanders by 18 points.
Clinton garners 43% of support from likely voters, while Sanders gets 23% and an announced Vice-President Biden gets 20%.
The poll also shows that Democratic voter by a margin of 54%-34% feel the announced six Democratic debates are sufficient, and don’t feel the need for more. Some candidates have argued that the six is too limiting.
I personally think six is plenty. If the candidates can’t communicate their positions in about 12 hours of TV time, then they need to think more about their message.
A new NBC News/Marist poll shows how much things have shifted for Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nominee for president.
In New Hampshire, Sen. Bernie Sanders now leads with 41 percent of Democratic voters, Clinton at 32 percent and Vice President Joe Biden gets 16 percent. That’s a flip from July Clinton led Sanders 42% to 32%.
Over in Iowa, Clinton stays in front but with a lead that’s shrinking. She currently has 38% of likely voters, 11 points over Sanders at 27%.
Of course, the first votes are still four months away…
To be honest, it’s waaaaay early in this election cycle but a new poll from the Des Moines Register-Bloomberg Politics shows Bernie Sanders has whittled Hillary Clinton’s once commanding lead in Iowa to only 7 points.
The new survey shows Hillary with 37% support and Sanders at 30%. Veep Joe Biden got 14% even though he’s not announced if he will enter the race yet.
When you factor out Biden, the numbers shifted to Hillary 43% and Sanders 35%.
I like both Sanders and Clinton, but I have a hard time seeing Americans electing a politician who self-identifies as “Socialist.”
For the first time, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has pulled ahead of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a poll of Democratic voters.
From CNN:
Sanders topped Clinton with 44% compared to her 37% support among likely Democratic primary voters, according to a Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald poll.
Sanders has been gaining momentum as he generates enthusiasm among the Democratic Party’s progressive base but until now he has still trailed Clinton in every early state poll.
Clinton continues to enjoy more than double Sanders’ support in national polls, though that polling has also shown Clinton’s vulnerabilities as voters question her honesty and trustworthiness.
Yes! #loveislove pic.twitter.com/gWvYG38PD6— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) October 7, 2014
Funny, for a “big tent” party I don’t see any congrats from the Republicans…
A new CNN/ORC International poll shows no clear front-runner for the GOP nomination for President in 2016.
According to the poll, this is the stacking order at present:
13% Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey
12% Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky
12% Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas
11% Gov. Rick Perry of Texas
11% Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin
8% Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush
8% Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas
6% Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida
5% Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin
3% Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania
So – no clear front-runner at all.
On the Democrats side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton still holds an enormous lead over other possible candidates:
67% Hillary Clinton
10% Sen. Elizabeth Warren
8% Vice-President Biden
The poll also asked the question “Suppose that for some reason a presidential election were being held today and you had to choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Who would you be more likely to vote for?” The answer? Given a do-over, 53% would choose Mitt Romney and 44% would choose Obama.
However, kind of a false question as a LOT of presidents might see their histories rewritten given the same rhetorical question: Carter, Nixon, George W…. None of those guys would have been elected if the electorate was given the chance to look back than forward.
Plus, Romney has not had to prove anything from the Oval Office. So, it’s a lot easier for folks to “imagine” a different result but it does’t make it true.
Last point of interest in the poll – if Hillary and Romney were to run against the other, Hillary would win in a landslide 55%-42%.
Nevada Democrats picked “None of the above” as their top choice for Democratic candidate for governor yesterday.
Since the 1970s, due to the Watergate scandal, Nevada instituted the “None of the above” option as a nod to the apathy many felt about politicians. It still stands today.
Yesterday’s vote showed 30% of Democrats who voted chose “None of the above.” The second highest vote tally was for former state economic development director Robert Goodman. He will face off against Republican Governor Brian Sandoval.
Goodman will be the nominee because state law reads, “Only votes cast for the named candidates shall be counted in determining nomination or election to any statewide office or presidential nominations or the selection of presidential electors.”
Sandoval has one of the highest approval ratings in the country for a sitting governor and has long been expected to coast to reelection.
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The Republican-controlled House has voted to keep the government funded but its “continuing resolution” comes with a poison pill to defund the Affordable Care Act that Democrats have vowed is dead on arrival in the Senate. http://n.pr/19lQPNc
House Majority Leader says what he “thinks’ Americans want.
Let’s look at the numbers from the last election:
House Popular Vote:
Democrats – 54,301095
Republicans – 53,822,442
President Popular Vote:
Barack Obama – 65,917,257
Mitt Romney – 60,932,235
It’s clear what the American people voted for. And it wasn’t this.