Much has been written about candidates’ “electability,” and pundits often wonder how these concerns affect the Democratic presidential primary this year. Are primary voters planning on voting for the person they want to be president, the person they think is most likely to beat Donald Trump, or are these things one and the same for voters?
To understand how concerns of “electability” are influencing voting in the primary, Data for Progress asked likely Democratic primary voters two different questions about their vote: first, a traditional “horse race” item that asked who the respondent plans to vote for, and second, a “magic wand” item that asks who the respondent would want to be president in an ideal situation. CONT.
Mark White, Data for Progress