Bernie Sanders might be leading in the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire - polls that typically limit respondents to likely Democratic primary voters. But the chances that Americans will embrace a septuagenarian "Democratic Socialist" should he somehow win the nomination remain as uncertain as ever (even as some twitter wits continue to insist that "Bernie would have won" in 2016).
But in the latest indication that the odds in the general election would be heavily stacked against Bernie, an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll revealed that only 25% of respondents ranked “socialist” as a desirable trait for a candidate. And only 37% said "someone over 75" would be a desirable candidate, according to Bloomberg.
Meanwhile, more voters said they would accept a candidate who was gay or a lesbian, or an Independent under the age of 40. Critically, the survey showed that 41% of voters would definitely or likely vote for Trump in 2020, while 48% said they would probably vote for the Democratic candidate.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-03/voters-would-overwhelmingly-reject-socialists-and-candidates-over-75-poll-shows?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29
Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.
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