In a new McClatchy-Marist poll,
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) leads
Republican candidate Donald Trump by a landslide margin of 12 percentage
points, 53 to 41. In the McClatchy poll, Sanders also leads former
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) by a landslide margin of 10 points, 51 to 41.
Sanders's strength in general election polling gives credence to the argument I have been making in recent years, that American voters favor progressive populist positions which, if taken by Democrats in the general election, would lead to a progressive populist Democratic president and far greater Democratic strength in Congress.
It is a fallacy argued by conservatives and, in my view, inaccurately parroted by the mainstream media, that Sanders and other liberals take positions that are far too "left." The polling shows, issue by issue, and increasingly in general election match-ups of Republicans running against Sanders, that it is the left, not the right, which has the upper hand with American voters.
Read moreL In new shock poll, Sanders has landslides over both Trump and Bush | TheHill
Sanders's strength in general election polling gives credence to the argument I have been making in recent years, that American voters favor progressive populist positions which, if taken by Democrats in the general election, would lead to a progressive populist Democratic president and far greater Democratic strength in Congress.
It is a fallacy argued by conservatives and, in my view, inaccurately parroted by the mainstream media, that Sanders and other liberals take positions that are far too "left." The polling shows, issue by issue, and increasingly in general election match-ups of Republicans running against Sanders, that it is the left, not the right, which has the upper hand with American voters.
Read moreL In new shock poll, Sanders has landslides over both Trump and Bush | TheHill
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