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Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumMarist poll: Woman? Yes. Latino? Yes. Socialist? No.
snip>Americans this campaign face a field of major candidates for president that is arguably the most diverse in history in gender, race, religion, viewpoint and life experience.
Voters are very open to some of those, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll. Lopsided majorities of voters say theyd vote without reservation for a woman or a Latino, for example.
They are very skeptical of one trait half would definitely vote against a socialist.
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Voters lean solidly against electing a socialist, which is bad for self-described democratric socialist Bernie Sanders.
.....A solid 50 percent of voters say they would definitely vote against a socialist. That is driven by a solid no from 77 percent of Republicans and 50 percent of independents.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article44228499.html#storylink=cpy
Voters are very open to some of those, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll. Lopsided majorities of voters say theyd vote without reservation for a woman or a Latino, for example.
They are very skeptical of one trait half would definitely vote against a socialist.
snip>
Voters lean solidly against electing a socialist, which is bad for self-described democratric socialist Bernie Sanders.
.....A solid 50 percent of voters say they would definitely vote against a socialist. That is driven by a solid no from 77 percent of Republicans and 50 percent of independents.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article44228499.html#storylink=cpy
This Marist/McClatchy poll was conducted 10/29-11/4. Further findings: 5% would vote no on a woman, 7% wouldn't vote for a Latino, 19% wouldn't vote for someone with no govt experience, 10% would vote no on someone WITH govt exp., and 25% would reject a Seventh Day Adventist.
Digby has some cool charts up about electing women, noting that currently "women still make up less than 20% of elected representatives."
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/oh-whats-hurry.html
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Marist poll: Woman? Yes. Latino? Yes. Socialist? No. (Original Post)
Rose Siding
Nov 2015
OP
Electability is very important, Hillary has the qualities which are electable. We are going to have
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#2
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)1. That 50% number hasn't changed in six months
apparently being familiar with Bernie hasn't moved the needle
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)3. If he ever gives the socialist speech...
I'd bet money his GE poll numbers go down.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)4. Of course. That's why he put the socialist speech on indefinite hold. nt
Tarheel_Dem
(31,235 posts)6. ^^^^ THIS ^^^^
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)2. Electability is very important, Hillary has the qualities which are electable. We are going to have
to work to get her elected.
William769
(55,147 posts)5. Great News!
Cha
(297,323 posts)7. Thank you, Rose.
okasha
(11,573 posts)8. The hell of it is
that Sanders isn't really a socialist. He's a liberal who has some very commendable but also very limited priorities. He's not at all a bad Senator, and the Senate is where he belongs.