The Scarlet Woman Takes The Lead (Revelation 17:4)

Poll: Clinton Edges Out All Major Republican Competitors

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Caitlin Cruz 1 day ago

© AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a town hall meeting in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Dec. 4, 2015. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton edged out all major Republican presidential candidates in a MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist poll published Monday. The closest margin put Clinton three points above Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and only one point ahead of political newcomer Ben Carson.

The poll, which had a Latino voter subsection, shows Clinton with a 11-point lead over the Republican frontrunner, real estate magnate Donald Trump. She led 52-41. Among Latino voters, Clinton led Trump by 42 points, 69-27.

Latinos and other minority voting blocs are seen as key pieces to winning the White House in 2016.
The poll was conducted among 2,360 registered voters from Nov. 15 to Dec. 2 with a margin of error of 2 percentage points. The poll surveyed 264 Latino voters with a margin of error of 6 percentage points.

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Antichrist's Men Set For Battle

Sadrists set for poll battle

Last updated: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:02 AM

Sadrists Ready For Battle

Dina Al-Shibeeb

Powerful Iraqi figure Muqtada Al-Sadr quitting politics will not hinder his movement’s performance in parliamentary elections scheduled for late April, analysts say.
Sadr, who comes from a prominent Shiite family and is the fourth son of the late Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq Al-Sadr, made headlines in February when he said he was quitting politics and there was no longer a political entity representing him or his family.
The Sadrist movement is represented by the Ahrar Coalition, which has 40 seats in the 325-member parliament.
Amer Fayadh, dean of the political science department at Al-Nahrain University in Baghdad, says Ahrar will be unaffected as Sadr’s leadership has long been “symbolic.”
His presence “was never official. He wasn’t even a member of Ahrar’s political committee.”
Editor-in-chief of Al-Mada newspaper, Adnan Hussain, told Al Arabiya News that Ahrar “is entering the upcoming elections with strength.” He expects the Sadrists to keep their 40 parliament seats, particularly since Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, whom Sadr has described as a “dictator,” is in a shaky position.
“Maliki didn’t achieve anything in the past four years. On the contrary, the situation in Iraq has deteriorated,” said Hussain.
Baghdad-based TV commentator Ahmad Al-Abyadh said he expects Ahrar to at least consolidate its position or win about 45 seats in the upcoming elections.
Abyadh, who is also a spokesman for the more secular Coalition of Iraq, said Ahrar attracts the poor, and its campaigning methods in the 2013 provincial elections proved to be successful as it garnered more than 60 seats.
During those elections, “it sought one candidate per constituency,” while other parties fielded more than one, which split their voters, Abyadh said.
Ahrar is “following the same organized method” for the upcoming elections, he added.
Abyadh described the mayors of Baghdad and the southern province of Maysan, both from Ahrar, as “successful,” as opposed to the “mediocre” achievements of Maliki’s State of Law bloc.

“Sadr’s latest rhetoric against Maliki, corruption, and sectarianism all stir people’s emotions in favor of Ahrar and the Sadrists,” Abyadh said. — Al Arabiya News