This week in polls
from RealClearPolitics and the individual poll results:One poll is interesting in that it actually included Sanders in matchups against Republicans. I know a lot of people have been asking for that for...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter, so what would you do?
I mean, what would you do other than yelling at each other over how the protest helped or hurt your choice as Democratic nominee?I have a few suggestions. The first one is simple. The other two are a...
View ArticleMason Dixon polls Florida
It's pretty hard to imagine a road to the White House that doesn't run through Florida.Most electoral maps put the Democrats at at pretty solid 217 electoral votes, plus a 30 point lean from Wisconsin...
View ArticleCandidates, Lobbyists, and the Chamber of Commerce
I think we can all agree that the Chamber of Commerce is not a progressive institution. Perhaps we can even agree that it does not have the best interests of the working person at the center of its...
View ArticleNew CNN poll shows Sanders with Favorable/Unfavorable lead
of 1.Well, not really.The differential is 1. Sanders' favorable/unfavorable is 23/22.Clintons favorable/unfavorable is underwater, at 45/48.Of course, her favorable number is higher than anybody else...
View ArticleTrump apparently not hurt by McCain comment
There's a new Montmouth poll of New Hampshire, and Trump is kicking every other Republican's butt. It was taken after the McCain comments, from July 23=26.The punchline, he has twice as much support as...
View ArticleIllinois Poll - Sanders very weak among Hispanics
A new PPP poll is out, looking at Illinois.First, let's get some of the local stuff out of the way.Duckworth leads Kirk 42/36 in a head-to-head, and his favorable/unfavorable is a terrible 25/42.She is...
View ArticleA Sanders/Clinton thought exercise
As a former criminal attorney in Florida (both prosecution and defense), I'm used to something called an "Allen Charge." The Allen Charge is given when a jury is deadlocked. The Court tells the jury to...
View Article(UPDATED) When has Clinton ever challenged
the oligarchy, or done anything for the environment?!? It's all just a new act because she's running for President.Or at least, that's what I'm told here, time and again.People ask those questions...
View ArticleBernie's legislative record
You might have seen my diary yesterday, When has Clinton ever challenged. In it, I looked at all the legislation she sponsored (not co-sponsored, not amendments or resolutions, just sponsored) in her 8...
View ArticleThree new polls, plus a three-way
Three new polls came out in the last couple of days. The first is McClatchy/Marist, the second is a Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, and the third is from Monmouth University.The second one is behind a...
View ArticleBig Sugar - Evil Empire
Sure, I know we're all caught up in the Clinton/Sanders primary wars at the moment, and a big part of that is pointing fingers at contributors, but can we, if not take a time-out, at least look at the...
View ArticleSanders and the non-white vote
There's been much to-do lately about Sanders and the non-white vote, particularly the African American vote. There are accusations Kos wrote a hit piece, observations that Sanders has been a life-long...
View ArticleHillary Clinton - College Plan and Misogynist Republicans
Hillary Clinton rolled out her college plan today in New Hampshire. She also took the opportunity to connect Trump's blatant misogyny with the rest of the Republicans and the war on women.Her plan is...
View ArticleNew PPP Iowa Survey
They surveyed Republicans and Democrats, but i just don't have the stomach to look at another poll that shows the lunatics like Trump.So let's look at the Democrats, shall we?In summary, Sanders is...
View ArticleIowa polling review
Polls are starting to come in pretty quickly. We're starting to get enough of a body of data to look at polling averages, rather than merely individual points in time. We can also start to see...
View ArticleNew (R) Poll, and WILD numbers!
At some point, the Republicans are going to have to let go of the fantasy that Trump is a flash in the pan and soon one of their establishment candidates will take the ball and run with it.Perhaps that...
View ArticleThe new Q-Poll, in some depth
A new Q-poll is out, and it looks at important primary states, Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.Let me start by saying that Quinnipiac, again, has some basic flaws. Here, the obvious flaw is voter ID....
View ArticleWhat #BLM missed, with stories
#BLM has a 10-point plan to curb police killing. Molly Weasley wrote a great diary about it.You should go read it.I'll wait....Okay, you back? Welcome back. Great list, isn't it? It has a whole lot of...
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