Democrats first----Easier
Supposed to be another Hillary coronation --Why not ?
She was unpopular
July 2015
Democrats
Independents
Fav
unfav
Fav
77%
19%
32%
unfav
64%
Republicans
Fav
unfav
12%
88%
Won’t vote for
14%
39%
87%
Table : Economic Fairness and
Preferences in Democratic Nomination –in
percentages
Favors Wealthy
Dem Ind
HClinton
51
19
Fair to Most
Dem Ind
60
16
Not Sure
Dem Ind
72
21
BSanders 43
52
32
30
16 14
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Personal finances were worse: preferences May/June
Personal finances were worse: preferences in July/August
41%
Figure 5: Candidate Support Among
Republicans Whose Believed Immigration to
be a Very Important Issue
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Support for Trump
Republicans
Less Affluent Republicans
August
27%
38%
Sept.
29%
38%
Dec.
31%
37%
Jan.
32%
50%
Feb.
37%
52%
March
40%
53%
April
41%
53%
46%
67%
May/July-16