The talk is that if socialist
Michael Bloomberg would win only 16% of the vote in a three-way presidential race among the former New York mayor, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
In the hypothetical match-up, Mr. Sanders, a Vermont senator running as a Democrat, would win 43%, while Mr. Trump, a Republican, would win 33%.
Currently, the former Mayor of New York has only a 16% favorability rating, while 27% view The Banner of Big Gulps and gun control-extremist unfavorably.
Also at issue is ballot eligibility this far into the 2016 process. With voting just 8 months away, The Wall Street Journal reports that Bloomberg could probably compete in only 21 states.
The polling, however, is a bit suspect. According to the numbers, Bloomberg would sap 10 points from Sanders and 4 points from Trump, and yet Sanders would still win by 10 points. That means that without Bloomberg, Sanders would beat Trump 53% to 37%, which is way outside polling averages where Sanders beats Trump by 8 points, not 16 points.