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by keehun 3747 days ago
Could say the same about Bernie? Or would you disagree?
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Would agree, but I'm not confident in his chances of defeating "the chosen one"...
How come? Polls & numbers (whatever value they have this early on in the "general" cycle) state otherwise. In fact, it looks like Bernie has a much better chance at the moment than Hilary... Don't you think Trump would dominate 24/7 news cycle on digging up Hilary's old wounds? What does he have on Bernie? "He's a communist you're voting for a communist!"?
Personally, I agree. He just has far lower odds in the general election.
Interestingly enough, the polls say otherwise. [0] [1]

As the Politifact piece notes, (1) it's early in the campaign; (2) Bernie is much less well known than Hillary, and his perceived negatives might become more important in the general election; and (3) polls can always be wrong. Nonetheless, it doesn't seem to be correct to say he has far worse odds against Trump than she does.

[0] http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/2016_...

[1] http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/...