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Related: About this forumBernie Supporters Drag CNN for 'No Clear Leader' Headline on Poll With Sanders Clearly in Lead
Activists and politicos were burning up and burning CNN Friday and Saturday over their recent use of a poll graphic headline that read no clear leader over poll results that showed Bernie Sanders clearly in the lead.
The particular screenshot of the poll that drew social media fire was from Friday nights CNN Tonight, during which host Don Lemon and guest CNN political analyst Harry Enten discussed the situation in Iowa. Enten was clear in his commentary that the four front-runners are the only real contenders, and that he believes the nominee will come from among them.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/bernie-supporters-drag-cnn-for-no-clear-leader-headline-on-poll-with-sanders-clearly-in-lead/
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
still_one
(92,479 posts)change their preference before the primary
Looks like no clear winner to me
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Indykatie
(3,697 posts)the "clear" leader if he has just a 3 point lead in a poll. Everything is not a conspiracy to hurt Bernie or disrespect his supporters.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
W_HAMILTON
(7,876 posts)...that have denied Biden being the clear leader even though he has maintained a ~10%+ lead over Sanders nationally for damn near an entire year, right?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)...that this one poll is automatically accurate.
I love how for months and months Biden lead the country and Sanders supports kept saying how polls didn't matter. Bernie gets one poll where he is on top and they pretend that it is automatically accurate. The polls said Trump would lose too, but hey, this one poll has got to be right, eh?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,815 posts)...so I'm told.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MineralMan
(146,339 posts)Besides, polling in caucus states is likely to be inaccurate. We'll find out on February 4 if there is a "clear leader" or if the four top candidates just split up the delegates more or less evenly.
Until then, we're just guessing.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,815 posts)a 3 point lead isn't consequential, and ground game could end up rearranging anything. But if it feels better to find "enemies" to complain about.....
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TwilightZone
(25,505 posts)3% lead with a 3.7% MOE. It would be helpful if people had a clue how polls work.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
tritsofme
(17,419 posts)No reason for a temper tantrum from these folks.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,815 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,877 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hav
(5,969 posts)the other side (those Berners complaining and Mediaite) obviously do not.
It's always the ignoramuses that scream the loudest.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,735 posts)say they have not made up their minds...could be a surprise on primary day...hope Sanders loses and badly so we can move on and he won't have a leg to stand on with this brokered convention nonsense. I will vote for Sanders in a general but never a primary.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
booley
(3,855 posts)Because when polls had Buttigieg ahead only a little bit more, he was clearly in the front.
In fact, that seems to happen a lot. When Sanders is ahead there is no clear front runner. IF someone else is even a bit ahead or in a few cases a little behind Sanders) there IS a clear front runner.
Link to tweet
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided