New poll sees spoiler role for Bloomberg in Trump-Sanders matchup

[lovuian]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/17/politics/michael-bloomberg-donald-trump-bernie-sanders-poll/

Washington (CNN)Michael Bloomberg has a very slim chance of winning the presidency should he declare a bid, but he could cost Bernie Sanders the White House in a hypothetical three-way matchup with Donald Trump, a new poll finds.

A USA Today/Suffolk University poll released Wednesday found Trump slightly edging out Sanders in a head-to-head matchup, 44% to 43%, within the poll's margin of error. But if the former New York City mayor entered the race, he would likely siphon off almost twice as many Sanders supporters as Trump backers -- leaving Trump at 37%, Sanders at 30% and Bloomberg with 16%.


Interesting....what about a Clinton Trump ....?

[Recursion]

1. Bloomberg has said he won't run if Clinton is nominated

Now, do I trust Bloomberg? Not particularly. But at least as of now he's saying he would run if it were Sanders-Cruz or Sanders-Trump.

A Bloomberg run would be an absolute disaster for us.

[daleanime]

6. And of course an absolute disaster is preferable....

to doing anything for the American people.

[FBaggins]

8. The challenge there is that he almost certainly wouldn't know in time

He has to declare well before Bernie would be the clear winner ĺ absent a total collapse for Clinton).

[HooptieWagon]

11. I'm skeptical of those numbers.

Fear-mongering bs maybe? Over 60% of republicans are horrified by Trump, and they won't vote for Bloomberg? I don't buy it.
2) Bloomerg is going to drop a couple hundred million just to come in third place and elect Trump? What does that gain him or the Democratic Party?
3) if the establishment is that panicked about a Sanders nomination, they'll just deny it to him and live with a party split and Trump victory...same result.

IOW, this is just a hollow threat to make us dirty hippies get back in line. Fuck 'em.

[UnBlinkingEye]

2. America is waiting

For a control freak that wants to make it illegal to super size your soda.

[yourout]

3. Bloomberg won't run if it is Hillary. Two peas in a pod.

Bernie is the guy that big money will stop at nothing to stop. Everyone else is already on the payroll.

[Nite Owl]

10. That's why it would seem

that Clinton would be the one to lose votes. Someone who just doesn't like her but is ideologically the same would take her votes.

[Lorien]

4. Hillary would lose to Trump:

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/269702-hillary-trails-trump-head-to-head-poll

http://www.inquisitr.com/2667052/poll-shows-hillary-clinton-could-easily-lose-to-donald-trump-in-general-election/

Bernie would steamroll Trump: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/poll-against-bernie-sanders-donald-trump-would-get-schlonged-20151223

Nice try though.

[FBaggins]

9. I'm for Bernie, but that's nonsense

A two point spread before the conventions is entirely irrelevant.

[Lorien]

15. All Trump has to do it talk about how she did his bidding after he made big donations to

her campaign. Voters are sick of sell outs.

[gyroscope]

5. The article conveniently leaves out

the polls showing Hillary losing to Trump in the GE

[daleanime]

7. +1

[Nite Owl]

12. Yes, and Bernie beats

all of the rebukes by large margins.

[cascadiance]

13. Bloomberg would be the one candidate wanting unlimited H-1B Visas in that matchup...

... and the corporatist media would try to make both Trump and Bernie "xenophobic" in their stances against H-1B, even though that would be a false label of Bernie's campaign. That way, corporate lobbies, etc. would figure that either Bloomberg would siphon off pro-immigration votes from Bernie by that propaganda, or Trump would win as his supporters wouldn't care if they were labeled xenophobic. I think that's their plan.

All the more reason why it is essential to find a way to get a question asked to both Hillary and Bernie in the remaining Democratic Debates on their stances on H-1B and other guest labor programs, to allow Bernie get a public platform on speaking on his true views on this subject than be "defined" by corporate media propaganda, who would rather either Bloomberg or Trump get elected than Bernie.

Heck even the Republicans have been talking specifically about H-1B programs in their debates already.

[tokenlib]

14. Stupid poll in my view..Bernie losing in a race with two BILLIONAIRES...

Is America really that FUCKED UP! REALLY? Then again, we've been losing the class war since Reagan..and I'd like class warfare out in the open... it's time for the long overdue counteroffensive...

[saltpoint]

16. Bloomberg has money to match his

own significant self-regard.

But if he does decide to get into the presidential race as an independent, he's going to get his ass kicked.

[catnhatnh]

17. Ridiculous premise

The single biggest item Sanders supporters oppose is the control of politics by big money-and this bullshit is on the foundational "fact" that they assume 1/3 of Sanders supporters would prefer Bloomberg. I want some of what the writer is smoking.

[Cheese Sandwich]

18. Bloomberg Trump and Hillary are all pals. Three peas in a pod.

They will work together to stop Bernie any way they can.

[MohRokTah]

19. About half of the Hillary supporters I know IRL have stated emphatically

they would vote for Bloomberg should Sanders win the nomination.

I've even pushed back on them after Scalia died and they all pretty much said, "let the chips fall where they will, the closest thing to a real Democrat in such a race would be Bloomberg."