Unit 2 (February 16, 2016)

Who Will Win The Democratic Race?

                In South Carolina Bernie Sanders is starting to turn heads for the February 27^th primary. Many of the Registered African American voters, over 50% from a random sampling, are polling that they would vote for Sanders not Clinton. Sanders likable grassroots approach is attracting and holding the attentions of many. Sanders is also polling well due to his extremely Liberal ideologies. His promises of fee collage and free health care attract a lot of attention with the lower class voters who are struggling to get by. From recent polls and turnouts at his campaign rallies Bernie Sanders is not afraid of South Carolina. Saying that he may not have name recognition but he can appeal and relate to the common citizen.

            The breakdown of South Carolina’s Political Typology on the democratic side shows that sanders has the potential to do just as well if not better than Clinton. These polls show that the common citizen of South Carolina is relating to and agreeing with the ideas that Bernie Sanders is promising to uphold. These polls are being used by sanders to develop a better understanding of what voters want. He will then use this information to develop and evolve his campaigning strategies in order to maximize the amount of votes he will receive. This is the whole point of a political poll. He is finding the people who are least likely to vote for Hillary Clinton, people with low socioeconomic standing, and in turn developing ways to get them on his side.

Link:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/16/cracks-in-hillary-s-firewall-black-voters-divided-between-dem-candidates.html