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Bernie Sanders Has a 75 point approval rating, July 11 2017

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new poll out, Bernie Sanders has a whopping 75% approval rating, of 140,000 people polled. You read that right, 75% of 140,000 approve of Bernie Sanders.

Poll Confirms Bernie Sanders Is Most Popular American Politician | Observer

On July 11, Morning Consult released a poll naming Sen. Bernie Sanders as the most popular politician in the Senate, with a 75 percent approval rating. He held a 6 percent lead over the runner up, Sen. Brian Schatz. The rankings were based on over 140,000 interviews conducted between April 1 and June 18, 2017. The latest poll provides further evidence that Sanders is the most popular politician in the country.
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Dems... nominate this man... it's a slam dunk.
 
You know, it's funny. Sometimes American journalists talk about how bad a country is when people are lining up for food. That's a good thing. In other countries, people don't line up for food. The rich get the food and the poor starve to death. - Bernie Sanders

These days, the American dream is more apt to be realized in South America, in places such as Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina, where incomes are actually more equal today than they are in the land of Horatio Alger. Who's the banana republic now? - Bernie Sanders
 
Anagram said:
Not sure a 75% approval rating in Vermont equates to popularity around the nation as a whole. I don't think Sanders would be an incredibly strong Democratic candidate.
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This is a national poll isn't it?
 
Winston said:
new poll out, Bernie Sanders has a whopping 75% approval rating, of 140,000 people polled. You read that right, 75% of 140,000 approve of Bernie Sanders.

Poll Confirms Bernie Sanders Is Most Popular American Politician | Observer



Dems... nominate this man... it's a slam dunk.
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I would actually go for Biden myself, if he's up for it come 2020. Pretty sure he'd flip the Rust Belt back to Democratic control pretty convincingly, given his links there. Would also likely bring the Obama coalition back out and is well liked by both the Clinton and Sanders wings. His (and Sanders') age is perhaps the main obstacle. I know it wasn't really an issue this time round (particularly as Clinton and Trump are only a few years younger), but both men will be in their eighties for a large part of their Presidency. I like both men personally, even if I wouldn't agree with a lot of what they'd believe, but who they pick as VP will be a very important part of the package.
 
Winston said:
This is a national poll isn't it?
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I'm pretty sure it's a state by state approval rating poll. I don't think 70-80% of people nationally can form opinions about Mazie Hirono or Mike Enzi.

And the article says:

More than half of all senators saw negative swings in net approval outside of the surveys’ margins of error in their respective states.
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Anagram said:
Not sure a 75% approval rating in Vermont equates to popularity around the nation as a whole. I don't think Sanders would be an incredibly strong Democratic candidate.
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If this is just a 75% approval rating in Vermont, that's not big news at all, I wouldn't have even posted it. I thought this was a new poll, and Bernie had gained. Bernie sits at around a 60% approval rating with the country. I thought it jumped to 75%
 
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Not sure a 75% approval rating in Vermont equates to popularity around the nation as a whole. I don't think Sanders would be an incredibly strong Democratic candidate.
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And who knows Bernie better than his own constituents?
 
Geoist said:
And who knows Bernie better than his own constituents?
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Who knows John Hoeven better than his own constituents? He's right up there in approval too. As a typicalish conservative Republican do you think America as a whole would have similarly high approval for both of them just because their own states do?
 
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I'm pretty sure it's a state by state approval rating poll. I don't think 70-80% of people nationally can form opinions about Mazie Hirono or Mike Enzi.

And the article says:
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It appears you are right.

The Clintonite primarying Sanders because of all the butthurt and envy of him, is going to have a difficult time, dethroning the most popular Senator in the country.
 
Winston said:
new poll out, Bernie Sanders has a whopping 75% approval rating, of 140,000 people polled. You read that right, 75% of 140,000 approve of Bernie Sanders.

Poll Confirms Bernie Sanders Is Most Popular American Politician | Observer



Dems... nominate this man... it's a slam dunk.
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Actually when you average the polls it is more like 57% approving with 33% disapproving, and 10% either not sure or with no opinion. Bernie is still very popular and appears to be highly honest but that investigation with his wife can be something Republicans can exploit plus his positions are far left of what most people believe. He has not yet been subjected to scrutiny yet. Hillary had a 61% approval with 33% disapproving in 2011 and we all know how that changed. Now only 40% approve and 55% disapprove.
Bernie Sanders Favorable Rating - Polls - HuffPost Pollster
Hillary Clinton Favorable Rating - Polls - HuffPost Pollster
 
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Who knows John Hoeven better than his own constituents? He's right up there in approval too.
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And I'd say John Hoeven is doing a pretty good job for his constituents.


As a typicalish conservative Republican do you think America as a whole would have similarly high approval for both of them just because their own states do?
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Never said that, but I don't think it really matters what other Americans think about another state's congressperson.
 
Interesting that he has that kind of sway at home but chooses to spend his time cajoling CA dems to pass single-payer instead of pushing his own governor to implement VT's already-passed law.
 
Geoist said:
And I'd say John Hoeven is doing a pretty good job for his constituents.




Never said that, but I don't think it really matters what other Americans think about another state's congressperson.
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It does if they're running for national office, which is what the OP mentioned and what I responded to.
 
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It does if they're running for national office, which is what the OP mentioned and what I responded to.
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Well, if you are in the top ten most popular congresspeople then I think you are in a good position to run for president.
 
Geoist said:
Well, if you are in the top ten most popular congresspeople then I think you are in a good position to run for president.
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Not if what your state wants in a representative is substantially different than what the median American states want.
 
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Not if what your state wants in a representative is substantially different than what the median American states want.
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A Progressive agenda resonates in WV, IN, WI, MI

All states Bernie won in the primary..

and there's this:

During the primaries, Sanders received more votes from millennials than Clinton and Trump combined across every racial demographic.
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Anagram said:
Not if what your state wants in a representative is substantially different than what the median American states want.
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I don't believe that to necessarily be the case. For one, some politicians can adapt their message to a different audience. Secondly, some politicians have a message that can be trans-partisan (such as Bernie's populist message).
 
Winston said:
A Progressive agenda resonates in WV, IN, WI, MI

All states Bernie won in the primary..

and there's this:
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I wouldn't be looking at any standards set by doing better than Trump or Clinton.

I just don't think Sanders approval is quite what it's made out to be nationally. Instead of being slammed by Trump, often he was brought up as a positive to try and pick off Sanders supporters. I don't think that would happen if Trump or any other Republican was running against Sanders, as they're pretty diametrically opposed on most issues, except a few slivers on trade and foreign policy with Trump and Sanders. If Sanders took the onslaught of a general election campaign, he wouldn't be nearly as popular.
 
Winston said:
new poll out, Bernie Sanders has a whopping 75% approval rating, of 140,000 people polled. You read that right, 75% of 140,000 approve of Bernie Sanders.

Poll Confirms Bernie Sanders Is Most Popular American Politician | Observer



Dems... nominate this man... it's a slam dunk.
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sure when you are promising free stuff to everyone you would be popular too. then reality sets in and you find out that it wasn't so free after all.
also it is going to be pretty hard to run for anything if this bank fraud thing works out.
 
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I wouldn't be looking at any standards set by doing better than Trump or Clinton.

I just don't think Sanders approval is quite what it's made out to be nationally. Instead of being slammed by Trump, often he was brought up as a positive to try and pick off Sanders supporters. I don't think that would happen if Trump or any other Republican was running against Sanders, as they're pretty diametrically opposed on most issues, except a few slivers on trade and foreign policy with Trump and Sanders. If Sanders took the onslaught of a general election campaign, he wouldn't be nearly as popular.
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Do you think a left wing populist is necessary to beat Trump? Or, could a Corey Booker do it? Because, as of right now, I would vote 3rd party again if the Dems nominate another person who takes SuperPAC money.
 
ludin said:
sure when you are promising free stuff to everyone you would be popular too. then reality sets in and you find out that it wasn't so free after all.
also it is going to be pretty hard to run for anything if this bank fraud thing works out.
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Trump is the one making empty promises.
 
Winston said:
Do you think a left wing populist is necessary to beat Trump? Or, could a Corey Booker do it? Because, as of right now, I would vote 3rd party again if the Dems nominate another person who takes SuperPAC money.
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Corey Booker probably could. A left wing populist probably could. A left wing pragmatist focused on economic issues could probably do it. I don't think Trump would be that difficult to beat honestly, especially with him acting like his .7% or less wins in three states over one of the most hated candidates ever has given him an overwhelming mandate.

But that's beside the point. I don't think Sanders would appeal to as many people as some other Democrats would.
 
ludin said:
sure when you are promising free stuff to everyone you would be popular too. then reality sets in and you find out that it wasn't so free after all.
also it is going to be pretty hard to run for anything if this bank fraud thing works out.
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To be popular in politics all you have to do is create an enemy that is source of peoples problems and promise people stuff at other peoples expense.
 
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