Clinton
Sanders
Neither, not an American citizen or a convicted fellon and barred from voting.
The difference between issues and policies isn't semantics. Your link says that lots of people support higher taxes on someone else, those making over 250k. I support raising taxes on you, not me. That invalidates the polling. You can spin this any way you want. Socialism only works until you run out of someone else money.
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury." Attributed to Alexander Tytler
I would pick neither, and be glad I didn't have a vote. These are two of the most unappealing personalities, up there with Ted Cruz, in American politics today. Each is so full of their own personal righteousness that four years of either one would make Obama's egomaniacal run seem mild in comparison.
"Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views." William F. Buckley Jr.
Killing one person is murder, killing 100,000 is foreign policy
It would be fantastic to have an actual liberal in the white house instead of pro-corporate, pro-military industrial complex centrists.
Liberté. Égalité. Fraternité.
If there is a program that has benefited the average person in this country, it's been a democrat program. Nothing wrong with socialist programs like medicare and social security. Half the people in the red states would probably starve if republicans had their way. Not really, though, they would bring back the poor house and work house.
Sanders is a mouse fart, and all his 'supporters' will be singing Hillary's praise this time next year.
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury." Attributed to Alexander Tytler
Personally, I'd rather vote for a candidate whose positions I support even if they have no chance of winning over a candidate I don't like who can win. So it's easily a vote for Sanders for me.
Although I will add that I do have an issue with Sanders' rhetorical style, and it's really something that the American left as a whole has to address. "They do it Canada/Scandinavia/other western democracy so we should here" doesn't sell well with voters, which I think is partially evidenced by Sawdust's "Sanders can go to Sweden" comment, which is probably a sentiment felt by many voters. Who really cares whether or not x program works in another country? If you're going to portray an idea as a foreign implant, people aren't going to like it.
Social democrat is no longer an accurate description of my views.