Sanders 2020
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders leads the Iowa Poll for the first time, just weeks before the Iowa caucuses
Brianne Pfannenstiel, Des Moines Register
Published 5:00 p.m. CT Jan. 10, 2020
Excerpt:
'There's just the Bernie factor'
Could Sanders gain the Iowa caucuses win that eluded him in 2016? Selzer said the data suggest its entirely plausible.
Theres just the Bernie factor, Selzer said. Which is (even) stronger than we saw in the last cycle.
Although this is the first time in his back-to-back races for president that the Vermont senator has led the Iowa Poll, his support this cycle has remained remarkably firm a fact his campaign has worked to exploit.
Sanders' supporters are more likely than those who support the other leading candidates to say their minds are made up (59%), and they are extremely enthusiastic about their candidate (49%). Just 32% of Warren's supporters describe themselves as extremely enthusiastic, and 26% each for Biden and Buttigieg.
There was a thought that his support was a holdover from when he ran before and that that would evaporate, Selzer said. It certainly has not evaporated."
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/caucus/2020/01/10/iowa-poll-2020-bernie-sanders-lead-iowa-caucus-president-election/4426492002/
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Happy to hear this.
snip from the article: "extremely enthusiastic about their candidate (49%)."
That would be me.
Did you see him on Colbert last night?
It made me so happy to watch him. He is obviously in such good health, cogent, to the point. If a question is asked of him, he answers it. You don't get that with every candidate.
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(32,395 posts)Bernie Sanders rides enthusiasm to top showing in latest Iowa Poll
Nick Coltrain, Des Moines RegisterPublished 5:00 p.m. CT Jan. 10, 2020
The senator from Vermont is the top choice of 20% of likely Democratic caucusgoers, according to the poll by Selzer & Co. That places him 3 percentage points ahead of Elizabeth Warren, 4 points ahead of Pete Buttigieg and 5 points ahead of Joe Biden. No other candidate has double-digit support.
This poll also brings his highest favorability rating since June 66% of likely Democratic caucusgoers have favorable feelings toward him, versus 29% with unfavorable feelings. That's an 11-point increase in net favorability since the November Iowa Poll.
He keeps his locked-in, enthusiastic base of support a clear advantage over the other leading candidates: 49% of his supporters say theyre extremely enthusiastic to caucus for him 17 percentage points higher than the share for his closest rival
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/caucus/2020/01/10/iowa-caucuses-2020-iowa-poll-bernie-sanders-first-place/4427736002/