HRC up big in new SC Poll

[book_worm]

West Long Branch, NJ – Hillary Clinton continues to hold a large lead over Bernie Sanders in the South Carolina primary according to the latest Monmouth University Poll. Clinton is seen as the stronger candidate on issues of concern to African-Americans and those who are struggling financially.

Clinton currently holds a 59% to 30% lead over Sanders among those likely to vote in South Carolina’s Democratic primary next week. This is down somewhat from the 69% to 21% lead she held in November, but is still a sizable margin.

Among white voters under the age of 50, Sanders has a small, statistically insignificant lead of 48% to 44% over Clinton, but among black voters under 50, Clinton has a sizable 60% to 26% advantage. This is only slightly smaller than Clinton’s 69% to 12% lead among black voters age 50 and older and is actually wider than the 59% to 39% lead she holds among older white voters in South Carolina.

“Sanders needs to convince minority voters that his economic inequality message addresses their specific concerns. If he is unable to do that in the South Carolina contest, it could be a very tough road for him in the southern-heavy Super Tuesday contests a few days later,” said Patrick...

http://www.monmouth.edu/university/monmouth-university-polling-institute.aspx

[Jester Messiah]

1. Wow. I didn't know there were that many rich folk in SC! [nt]

[brooklynite]

15. Just thoughtless...

[mhatrw]

19. This poll was TOTALLY RIGGED in Clinton's favor!

67% of the likely voters in this poll were non-white and 60% were female!

The numbers:

242 of the 403 polled were women (60.0%)

234 of 403 were black (58.1%)

just 134 of 403 were white (33.3%)

35 of 403 were other (8.7%)

[Fawke Em]

2. Monmouth has sucked this whole cycle.

[book_worm]

16. Really? They predicted the winners in both Iowa and New Hampshire.

[TCJ70]

3. Wait...is she up or down?

Because it looks like her numbers are going down?

[Mike__M]

12. Still "up" in the sense of position

not upward in the sense of direction; no, that would be downward, the general polling trajectory.

[workinclasszero]

4. I blame stockholm syndrome

Go Hillary!!

[firebrand80]

7. The Blackstabishment nt

[DCBob]

8. Name recognition

[uponit7771]

13. or "have done more research than their black counterparts" link inside

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1248531

[bigtree]

18. the oligarchy made them answer the pollsters that way

[Dawson Leery]

5. The Bernites are going to Romnitize the polls.

They'll show up any minute now.

[Spazito]

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The Bernites are going to Romnitize the polls.
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[Kentonio]

6. Since when was 48-44 considered 'small, statistically insignificant'?

The margin of error is only 4.9.

[kristopher]

11. And since when is a steady decline in support termed ""up big"? nt

[riversedge]

9. Steady as she goes.

[mikehiggins]

10. So HRC only lost ten points since November.

That must really cheer her up.

Of course, why should she lose any points at all?

[kenn3d]

14. But she'll still need to win SC big, for it not to be a "loss".

She lost 10 and Bernie gained 9 for a net -19pts since the previous Monmouth (2 months ago)
The trends are definitely in Bernie's favor, but he's not likely to close that huge gap with only 10 days left.

All these races are closing rapidly as respective election dates approach. It's got to feel like free fall to Hillary's campaign. He's giving her one helluva run for her (big) money.