aising Haul, Sanders Surges Forward into Wis. Primary
Published on
Friday, April 01, 2016
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Common Dreams
Bolstered by Polls, Fundraising Haul, Sanders Surges Forward into Wis.
Primary
Sanders is 'in tune with the mood of the American public.'
by
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
A Bernie supporter holds a sign during a January 2016 march in New York
City. (Photo: Estelle Walton/flickr/cc)
With boosts from a massive fundraising haul and new poll results, Bernie
Sanders is harnessing energy with the Wisconsin primary days ahead.
A Public Policy Polling survey in Wisconsin released Thursday found Sanders
with a 6-point lead-49-43 percent-over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. He
had a particularly strong lead-65-28-with voters under 45, while the only
group with whom Clinton claimed a significant lead was seniors at 63-30
percent.
A Fox Business Network Poll also released Thursday showed Sanders with a
similar lead-48-43 percent-over Clinton in Wisconsin.
And on Friday, the Sanders campaign boasted that it had reached its goal of
beating February's record fundraising haul by raising $44 million dollars in
March. "Working people standing together are going to propel this campaign
to the Democratic nomination and then the White House," Sanders stated.
As for the Clinton campaign, Seth Abramson, an assistant professor of
English at University of New Hampshire, wrote at the Huffington Post that it
"is in the midst of an historic collapse-much of it due to the unraveling of
support for Clinton among nonwhite voters-and the national media has yet to
take any notice."
"In short," he continued:
there simply is no evidence available to suggest that Hillary Clinton's
robust coalition of nonwhite voters still exists - certainly not in anything
like the form it was just four weeks ago. How else to explain an 82-point
margin among nonwhite voters in Alabama, and similar margins in every other
Southern state, on March 1st, and just a 6-point lead among all Southern
Democrats (who are, depending upon the state, between 27 percent and 71
percent African-American) on March 26th?
[...]
The Clinton-Sanders tilt remains at a stage in which nearly all the
real-time data favors Sanders, and all the television and print coverage
favors Clinton because of a delegate lead she built up during Deep-South
voting a month ago. The race as it is being reported therefore bears no
relation to the race as it is.
There's also the fact that polls continue to show Sanders as the most
electable candidate, which Charles Reid, Jr., Professor of Law at the
University of St. Thomas, argued Thursday "is related to the issues upon
which he is campaigning," such as making college education affordable,
raising the minimum wage, and reforming the campaign finance system.
"Why is Bernie Sanders the most electable presidential candidate in
America?" Reid asked. "It might be that he is not only right on the issues,
but in tune with the mood of the American public."
Wisconsin, which holds its primary Tuesday, "has devastated its unions,"
MSBNC notes, and "rank-and-file union members are rallying behind [Sanders],
creating a potential split with union leadership when it comes to which
candidate to back." Speaking in Kenosha on Wednesday, Sanders decried
decades of "trade policies in this country written by corporate America,"
and said, "They don't want to deal with unions." He also touted his own
opposition to such policies, in contrast to "Secretary Clinton [who] has
supported virtually all of these disastrous trade agreements."
Sanders spoke in New York, which holds its primary April 19, on Thursday,
telling a South Bronx crowd that it looks like it "wants to create an
economy that works for all of us, not just the 1 percent."
"Anyone paying attention on the ground will tell you Bernie's momentum is
real," said Bill Lipton, the New York State director for the Working
Families Party, which has been organizing for Sanders.
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Bolstered by Polls, Fundraising Haul, Sanders Surges Forward into Wis.
Primary
Published on
Friday, April 01, 2016
by
Common Dreams
Bolstered by Polls, Fundraising Haul, Sanders Surges Forward into Wis.
Primary
Sanders is 'in tune with the mood of the American public.'
by
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
. 26 Comments
.
. A Bernie supporter holds a sign during a January 2016 march in New
York City. (Photo: Estelle Walton/flickr/cc)
. With boosts from a massive fundraising haul and new poll results,
Bernie Sanders is harnessing energy with the Wisconsin primary days ahead.
. A Public Policy Polling survey in Wisconsin released Thursday found
Sanders with a 6-point lead-49-43 percent-over Democratic rival Hillary
Clinton. He had a particularly strong lead-65-28-with voters under 45, while
the only group with whom Clinton claimed a significant lead was seniors at
63-30 percent.
. A Fox Business Network Poll also released Thursday showed Sanders
with a similar lead-48-43 percent-over Clinton in Wisconsin.
. And on Friday, the Sanders campaign boasted that it had reached its
goal of beating February's record fundraising haul by raising $44 million
dollars in March. "Working people standing together are going to propel this
campaign to the Democratic nomination and then the White House," Sanders
stated.
As for the Clinton campaign, Seth Abramson, an assistant professor of
English at University of New Hampshire, wrote at the Huffington Post that it
"is in the midst of an historic collapse-much of it due to the unraveling of
support for Clinton among nonwhite voters-and the national media has yet to
take any notice."
"In short," he continued:
there simply is no evidence available to suggest that Hillary Clinton's
robust coalition of nonwhite voters still exists - certainly not in anything
like the form it was just four weeks ago. How else to explain an 82-point
margin among nonwhite voters in Alabama, and similar margins in every other
Southern state, on March 1st, and just a 6-point lead among all Southern
Democrats (who are, depending upon the state, between 27 percent and 71
percent African-American) on March 26th?
[...]
The Clinton-Sanders tilt remains at a stage in which nearly all the
real-time data favors Sanders, and all the television and print coverage
favors Clinton because of a delegate lead she built up during Deep-South
voting a month ago. The race as it is being reported therefore bears no
relation to the race as it is.
There's also the fact that polls continue to show Sanders as the most
electable candidate, which Charles Reid, Jr., Professor of Law at the
University of St. Thomas, argued Thursday "is related to the issues upon
which he is campaigning," such as making college education affordable,
raising the minimum wage, and reforming the campaign finance system.
"Why is Bernie Sanders the most electable presidential candidate in
America?" Reid asked. "It might be that he is not only right on the issues,
but in tune with the mood of the American public."
Wisconsin, which holds its primary Tuesday, "has devastated its unions,"
MSBNC notes, and "rank-and-file union members are rallying behind [Sanders],
creating a potential split with union leadership when it comes to which
candidate to back." Speaking in Kenosha on Wednesday, Sanders decried
decades of "trade policies in this country written by corporate America,"
and said, "They don't want to deal with unions." He also touted his own
opposition to such policies, in contrast to "Secretary Clinton [who] has
supported virtually all of these disastrous trade agreements."
Sanders spoke in New York, which holds its primary April 19, on Thursday,
telling a South Bronx crowd that it looks like it "wants to create an
economy that works for all of us, not just the 1 percent."
"Anyone paying attention on the ground will tell you Bernie's momentum is
real," said Bill Lipton, the New York State director for the Working
Families Party, which has been organizing for Sanders.
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