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Poll: Dems want 'electable' challenger who can beat Trump. Values come second.
NBC News ^ | February 4, 2019 | Alex Seitz-Wald

Posted on 02/04/2019 3:34:08 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Spooked by the 2016 election, Democratic voters say they want above all else someone who can beat President Donald Trump, according to a new poll Monday.

The only problem is they disagree on how you beat Donald Trump.

The poll from Monmouth University found that an unusually large number of Democratic voters are prioritizing "electability" over values as they begin to think about whom to support in their 2020 presidential primary.

"In prior elections, voters from both parties consistently prioritized shared values over electability when selecting a nominee," said Patrick Murray, the director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute. "It looks like Democrats may be willing to flip that equation in 2020 because of their desire to defeat Trump. This is something to pay close attention to when primary voters really start tuning into the campaign."

In the survey, 56 percent of potential Democratic voters nationally said they preferred someone who would be a stronger candidate against Trump, even if they don't agree with that candidate on all issues. Meanwhile, 33 percent said they would prefer someone who aligns better with their beliefs, but who might have a harder time beating Trump.

Just 10 percent rejected the question, saying there is no tradeoff between the two.

The problem for Democrats is that, after Trump’s shocking upset in 2016, there's widespread disagreement on what electability even looks like....

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2020election; businessasusual; election2020; howardschultz; monmouthu; patrickmurray; starbucks
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1 posted on 02/04/2019 3:34:08 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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“The only problem is they disagree on how you beat Donald Trump.”

You can’t. You won’t. NEXT! :)


2 posted on 02/04/2019 3:35:24 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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All they need is another mystery man around whom they can create a hope filled fairy tale


3 posted on 02/04/2019 3:41:21 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Cue the Bloomberg Propo Blitz...
Even Oprah is in on it.

HE gave Dems $110 Million for the 2018 elections, and expects to be President. It is why the “Opinion Management Orgs” are already seeding lies about Gabbard, and Starbucks guy.


4 posted on 02/04/2019 3:42:50 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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Maxine!


5 posted on 02/04/2019 3:42:53 PM PST by Brilliant
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Meanwhile, 33 percent said they would prefer someone who aligns better with their beliefs, but who might have a harder time beating Trump.

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So 1/3 of Democrats would stil prefer someone who is a nihilist to one degree or another?


6 posted on 02/04/2019 3:42:55 PM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Don’t hold your breath waiting for the fifth-column leftist media to expose the lies and corruption of the Demonicrat candidates.


7 posted on 02/04/2019 3:43:01 PM PST by Carl Vehse
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The Gibsmedats just care about gibmedat.


8 posted on 02/04/2019 3:46:03 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Capitalism produces EVERYTHING Socialists/Communists/Democratic-Socialists wish to "redistribute.")
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They (Democrats) are just anti-Trump. They do not know what they are for. They are, at this time, clueless.


9 posted on 02/04/2019 3:47:43 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ("The MSM is the enemy of the American people"...Democrat Pat Caddell)
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Values come second? I wonder where Facts come in? If at all?

Image result for ocasio cortez factually right

 

 They need this thing with the huge teeth. Facts don't matter as she's morally right. Too bad she's too young to run.

10 posted on 02/04/2019 3:48:01 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Carl Vehse

Willy Brown was trying to do Damage Control for Harris this week about their ‘love affair’ and all that hogwash.

It backfired BIGLY, LOL!


11 posted on 02/04/2019 3:48:32 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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Trump should switch parties. Then the democrats can win :-)


12 posted on 02/04/2019 3:49:20 PM PST by for-q-clinton (This article needs a fact checked)
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Build the Wall and Trump is unbeatable.


13 posted on 02/04/2019 3:51:21 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.r)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The Rat party is so full of sanctimonious hypocrital phonies, they don’t know or care what they stand for besides hating Trump.

The Rat @ssh*les running for POTUS are in the same pit Cankles was in, trying to invent credible and admirable reasons why they’re running.

Phonies, morons, narcissists, LOSERS!!!


14 posted on 02/04/2019 3:53:03 PM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves."the reason est were)
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"Potential Democratic voters" poll. I don't even know who that is, but I'm pretty sure not a lot of them vote in primaries.

Stuff like this must be why Hickenlooper is in Iowa.

15 posted on 02/04/2019 3:53:40 PM PST by colorado tanker
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They’ll just run a socialist, fascist, commie Santa Claus & Mary Poppins, who promises everything to everyone, except the rich, who’ll get hosed. Still won’t work. Trump’ll stomp them both.


16 posted on 02/04/2019 3:53:41 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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The purpose of this poll is to get Shultz to give up his Independent run. What he does after that (runs as a Dem or sits it out), doesn’t matter to the Dems, since he won’t make it past the first debate in any case.


17 posted on 02/04/2019 3:54:01 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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A ‘total nobody’ blank canvas who can read a TelePrompTer.
18 posted on 02/04/2019 3:54:34 PM PST by Track9 (Conservatives like underdogs, progressive like victims.)
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Happy Birthday.
Looting and pillaging, that is all that matters to our enemy.
19 posted on 02/04/2019 3:55:45 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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The chimp voters are already being trained for 2020 with that commercial that goes, “Free. Free. Free, free, free.”


20 posted on 02/04/2019 3:57:11 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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