Many of you have been asking me for the latest information on who Bernie Sanders’ voters are. I’ve curated a sampling of recent pieces in answer to that question.
Why Millennials Can’t Get Enough Of Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders is creaming Hillary Clinton, thanks in large part to young voters.
A new CNN/ORC poll released Thursday shows that Sanders is now beating Clinton in Iowa among likely Democratic voters 51% to 43%, and another poll published Tuesday found Sanders leads in New Hampshire by 27 points. His success isn’t solely due to his status as an anti-establishment candidate, but because of a deeper-rooted affection young voters have for the self-described socialist.
As he stands, Sanders has the youth vote locked up. Among voters under the age of 35, Sanders enjoys a cool 11-point lead over Clinton. Though these voters tend to be unpredictable about turnout, their support is significant. President Barack Obama was elected to the White House twice due in large part to his ability to garner support from millennial voters.
Read the rest of this article on TheFederalist.com
NH Poll: Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton in every major voting bloc
CBS NEWS January 12, 2016
Bernie Sanders now leads Hillary Clinton by 14 points in New Hampshire, according to the latest Monmouth University Poll of likely New Hampshire voters who are likely to vote in the first-in-the-nation primary in February.
Fifty-three percent of these voters choose Sanders, compared to 39 percent for Clinton. And the new poll shows that Clinton has also lost her edge over Sanders among registered Democrats, women and older voters. Sanders has now surpassed her with these voters, while holding onto his lead among registered independents, men and younger voters.
Read the rest of this article on CBSNews.com
Bernie Sanders has an 11-point advantage over Hillary Clinton among voters under 35
Bernie Sanders, the oldest candidate in the presidential race, is winning over the youngest voters.
A new poll of 18- to 35-year-olds from Rock the Vote and USA Today finds that they prefer Sanders to Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary, 46 percent to 35 percent.
It’s not yet clear if the poll respondents are going to turn out to vote for Sanders. But it’s the latest confirmation that millennials are unfazed by the prospect of voting for a self-described democratic socialist, and that Sanders’s messages on education and the economy are resonating among younger voters.
Millennials are fine with socialism
Sanders’s campaign has caused dictionary searches for “socialism” to spike. And for millennials, it doesn’t seem to be much of a drawback. A poll in May from YouGov found that young people think nearly as highly of socialism as capitalism, and that they’re more likely to see “capitalist” as an insult than “socialist.”
Read the rest of this article on Vox.com
YouGov published a poll on current sentiments of Americans’ views on socialism (PDF format) in May 2015.
See the rest of this poll on YouGov.com
Harvard IOP Fall 2015 Poll
December 10, 2015
Starting at 1% in Spring 2015, Bernie Sanders Now Holds Lead (41%-35%) over Hillary Clinton; Most Don’t Believe “Democratic Socialist” Label Makes a Difference. While Hillary Clinton maintains double-digit leads over Bernie Sanders in national polls of likely Democratic primary voters, November IOP polling showed 18- to 29- year-old potential Democratic primary voters (definite, probable or 50-50; n=751) as an outlier – with Sanders holding a slight edge and leading Clinton 41%-35% (22%: don’t know). Less than one percent (<1%) said they supported Martin O’Malley. A strong majority (66%) of 18- to 29- year-old potential Democratic primary voters said the fact that Bernie Sanders is a self-described Democratic Socialist made “no difference” in their likelihood to support his candidacy. Slightly less than one-quarter (24%) said the label made them “more likely” to support Sanders, with only nine percent (9%) saying it made them “less likely.” In addition, nineteen percent (19%) said they were “very satisfied” with the Democratic candidates for president this year (53%: “somewhat satisfied;” 21%: “not very satisfied;” 6%: “not at all satisfied”).
Read the rest of this poll on the Harvard IOP website
January 15, 2016, 03:23 pm
Sanders winning millennial women from Clinton
By Rebecca Savransky
Bernie Sanders has a 19-point lead over Hillary Clinton among Democratic and independent women ages 18 to 34, according to a USA Today/Rock the Vote poll.
The Vermont senator, who has been surging in the polls in the last two weeks, won 50 percent compared to Clinton’s 31 percent among millennial women.
The poll also showed Sanders is the favorite among younger voters. He wins 57 percent of those ages 18 to 25, according to the same poll. His support falls to 36 percent among people between 26 and 34.
Read the rest of this article on TheHill.com
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