New Polls Show Bernie Surge In Battleground States

BERN NOTICE: New Polls Show Bernie Surge In Battleground States
Axios: "The evidence doesn't back Democrats' panic that Bernie can't win"
David Sirota Feb 24


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A series of new polls show that after his big wins in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, Bernie is surging in some of the major states that could decide the Democratic primary and the general election. This follows news that the RealClearPolitics average of national polls shows Bernie with the widest lead of any Democratic candidate in a head-to-head general election matchup with Trump.

Here are the new data points:

• BERNIE IS STRONGEST AGAINST TRUMP IN WI, MI & PA: A new Wisconsin State Journal poll finds Bernie leading in the Democratic primaries and in the general election in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — the three previously Democratic states that helped deliver the election to Donald Trump. Bernie is leading Trump by the largest margins of any Democratic candidate in Michigan (+7) and Pennsylvania (+2), and also gets the largest amount of total support in Wisconsin (46%).

• BERNIE IS THE STRONGEST AGAINST TRUMP IN VIRGINIA: A new Roanoke College poll shows Bernie leading Trump by nine points in the swing state of Virginia — the largest margin of any Democratic candidate.

• BERNIE IS STRONGEST AGAINST TRUMP IN TEXAS: Vanity Fair reports “A Texas Lyceum poll just this week showed Sanders performing better against Trump in Texas than any Democrat, losing by just three points. That’s on top of a raft of polls showing Sanders beating Trump back those precious Upper Midwest states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. These polls aren’t totally hypothetical, either: Sanders boasts near universal Name ID. Most voters know who Sanders is and what he stands for—and they’re still choosing him.”

• BERNIE SURGING AHEAD OF BLOOMBERG IN NEW YORK: NY 1 reports that “A new Siena College poll finds that New Yorkers are backing Bernie Sanders over Mike Bloomberg.” Bernie leads the entire field, and has a four point lead over the billionaire former New York mayor in the major Democratic primary state.

Surmising these and other data points, Axios editor Jim Vandehei today wrote: “Lots of Democrats are in full panic that Bernie Sanders will win the nomination and get clobbered in the general election — and bring the party down, too. But the evidence, particularly the polling, doesn't back those doomsday warnings.”

Bern after reading,
Sirota