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by theseatoms 3748 days ago
Personally, I agree. He just has far lower odds in the general election.
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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/...