[rad-green] Sanders Crushes Trump by 18 Points Among Independent Voters in New National General Election Poll

*https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/11/sanders-crushes-trump-18-points-among-independent-voters-new-national-general
<https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/11/sanders-crushes-trump-18-points-among-independent-voters-new-national-general>*

Common Dreams          February 11, 2020





*Sanders Crushes Trump by 18 Points Among Independent Voters in New
National General Election Poll"Bernie Sanders is undeniably the strongest
candidate against Donald Trump," tweeted journalist Walker Bragman.by Jake
Johnson, staff writer*

*Supporters wave signs and hold up their phones as Democratic presidential
candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at a New Year's Eve campaign
event on December 31, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo: Stephen
Maturen/Getty Images)*

A national Reuters/Ipsos poll released Monday found Sen. Bernie Sanders
leading President Donald Trump by 18 percentage points among independent
voters in a hypothetical general election match-up, a result Sanders
supporters viewed as evidence that the Vermont senator has the best chance
of defeating the president in November.

According to the new survey
<https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/mkt/13/1950/1919/Topline%20Reuters%202020%20Election%20Tracker%2002%2010%202020.pdf>
(pdf),
Sanders has the support of 46% of registered independent voters while Trump
polled at 28% support. The poll also showed former Vice President Joe
Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Michael Bloomberg, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.) ahead of Trump among independents, but Sanders' lead was the
largest.

"Bernie Sanders is undeniably the strongest candidate against Donald
Trump," tweeted
<https://twitter.com/WalkerBragman/status/1227100128659591169> journalist
Walker Bragman in response to the new survey.

National GE, @Reuters <https://twitter.com/Reuters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>/
@Ipsos <https://twitter.com/Ipsos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw> Among Independents:

Warren 34% (+5)
Trump 29%

Buttigieg 35% (+8)
Trump 27%

Bloomberg 39% (+14)
Trump 25%

Biden 43% (+14)
Trump 29%

Sanders 46% (+18)
Trump 28% https://t.co/b6rOPL0lBI

— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) February 11, 2020
<https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1227068915982925824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

The poll also found Sanders leading Trump nationally among all registered
voters:

National @Reuters <https://twitter.com/Reuters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>/@Ipsos
<https://twitter.com/Ipsos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw> GE Poll:

Buttigieg 41%
Trump 41%

Warren 42%
Trump 42%

Biden 44% (+2)
Trump 42%

Bloomberg 45% (+4)
Trump 41%

Sanders 45% (+4)
Trump 41%

— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) February 11, 2020
<https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1227035618531848193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

The national survey came just hours before New Hampshire voters headed to
the polls Tuesday for the first-in-the-nation primary.

As Russell Berman wrote
<https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/02/bernie-sanders-new-hampshire-independents/606247/>
 for *The Atlantic* Monday, independent voters could prove to be Sanders'
"secret weapon" in New Hampshire and other states that allow independents
to participate in the primary process.

"The Vermont senator's lead in several public polls is bolstered by his
strong support among independent, or undeclared, voters, who are welcome to
participate in New Hampshire's primary and could make up as much as 40% of
the electorate," Berman wrote. "Beyond New Hampshire, Sanders' advantage
among independent voters could be his secret weapon in the many large,
delegate-rich states that allow them to cast ballots in the Democratic
primary."

"Sanders has already demonstrated his strength with voters who have snubbed
both parties," Berman added, "and that may prove decisive not only in New
Hampshire on Tuesday, but in many states to come."

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