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Despite Primary Losses, Sanders Continues to Pull in Money

April 5, 2016 Buck Banks

$44 million

Bernie Sanders’s latest fundraising haul. “[It] was amassed as his path to the nomination narrowed substantially, leaving him with a daunting deficit in convention delegates. Such a feat amounts to defying political gravity, campaign-finance experts say: When candidates start losing primaries, as Mr. Sanders did during the first half of the month, the flow of donations typically slows significantly,” reports the Wall Street Journal. “But Mr. Sanders’s fundraising has continued apace, fueled largely by small-dollar online donors.”

Poll: Clinton Leads Trump by 31 Percentage Points in California

March 28, 2016March 28, 2016 Jon Ponder

In this most unpredictable of all presidential campaign seasons, there is at least one thing that can be counted on to hold true.

California remains a reliable stronghold for the Democratic Party, in general — and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, specifically.

That assumption is based on recent polling in the Golden State, including a well-respected USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll released today.

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Sanders Wins Overseas Dems

March 22, 2016 Buck Banks

30,000

Number of registered Democrats living abroad who voted in that party’s primary. Bernie Sanders won nine of 13 delegates at stake, with Hillary Clinton taking the remaining four delegates, MSNBC reports.

Utah Would Vote Democrat — Against Trump — for the First Time in 50 Years

March 21, 2016 Buck Banks

48% to 37%

Margin by which Bernie Sanders would defeat Donald Trump in Utah in a head-to-head presidential contest. Hillary Clinton would defeat Trump, 38% to 36%. A new Deseret News/KSL poll finds that if Donald Trump becomes the Republican Party’s nominee, Utahns would vote for a Democrat for president in November for the first time in more than 50 years.

Sanders as Clinton’s Running Mate?!

March 8, 2016 Buck Banks

Maybe they’re going to put him on the ticket then.

— Tad Devine, chief strategist for Sen. Bernie Sanders, suggesting to Politico that Sanders could be Hillary Clinton’s running mate.

Sanders Voted for Sanders Tuesday

March 3, 2016 Buck Banks

I will tell you after a lot of thought, I voted for me for president.

— Sen. Bernie Sanders, quoted by Politico, ahead of the Vermont primary.

Majority of Democrats Think Sanders Could Win

February 22, 2016 Buck Banks

76%

Of Democrats now believe Sen. Bernie Sanders could win the general election, a 21 percentage point increase from the last time the survey was conducted in December, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

Poll: Sanders Beats All GOP Candidates

February 18, 2016 Buck Banks

4 to 10 percentage points

Spread by which Sen. Bernie Sanders leads every possible Republican nominee in general election match ups by margins of 4 to 10 percentage points, according to anew Quinnipiac poll. Hillary Clinton trails or ties the leading Republicans in the November face-off.

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Trump is the Scariest Potential Candidate

February 17, 2016 Buck Banks

38%

Percentage of likely voters who say they would be scared if Donald Trump won their party’s nomination. Percentage who chose Hillary Clinton — 33%; Bernie Sanders — 28%, according to a USA Today/Suffolk Poll.

Maddow Doesn’t See Sanders Winning Presidency

February 5, 2016 Buck Banks

$44 million

30,000

Number of registered Democrats living abroad who voted in that party’s primary. Bernie Sanders won nine of 13 delegates at stake, with Hillary Clinton taking the remaining four delegates, MSNBC reports.

48% to 37%

Maybe they’re going to put him on the ticket then.

— Tad Devine, chief strategist for Sen. Bernie Sanders, suggesting to Politico that Sanders could be Hillary Clinton’s running mate.

I will tell you after a lot of thought, I voted for me for president.

— Sen. Bernie Sanders, quoted by Politico, ahead of the Vermont primary.

76%

Of Democrats now believe Sen. Bernie Sanders could win the general election, a 21 percentage point increase from the last time the survey was conducted in December, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

4 to 10 percentage points

Spread by which Sen. Bernie Sanders leads every possible Republican nominee in general election match ups by margins of 4 to 10 percentage points, according to anew Quinnipiac poll. Hillary Clinton trails or ties the leading Republicans in the November face-off. Tweet

38%

Percentage of likely voters who say they would be scared if Donald Trump won their party’s nomination. Percentage who chose Hillary Clinton — 33%; Bernie Sanders — 28%, according to a USA Today/Suffolk Poll.

My prediction for Bernie: populist hero forever but hard to imagine him still being there at the convention.

— Rachel Maddow, telling Playboy she doesn’t think Bernie Sanders will win the Democratic nomination.

Poetic Justice

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“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

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30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%

Spread by which Sen. Bernie Sanders leads every possible Republican nominee in general election match ups by margins of 4 to 10 percentage points, according to anew Quinnipiac poll. Hillary Clinton trails or ties the leading Republicans in the November face-off.

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