Which Democrat is more electable in November?

[Yank2133]

The person who is still leading even after being attacked for the last 30 years by the press, Republican Party, and the general public.

This.

[Higgs]

Hillary Clinton and it's not even close. Those early GE polls don't mean sh*t.

[Nichlemn]

Clinton. It's well established that ideologically extreme candidates face an electoral penalty. Differences in head-to-head polling at the moment is easily explainable by Sanders not facing the force of conservative attacks the way Clinton has for decades. 

[MM876]

Clinton. Sanders can not win unless Drumpf is the nominee. His social spending is too much.

Well, Trump is clearly going to be the nominee. So by your logic, it's Sanders.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Clinton. I think she will build up her lead as it gets toward the GE. Seems to already started according to the new CNN.

Yes her 55% unfavorable number will launch her right to the White House.

What does that say about Trump, then?

Well I'd take Bernies 57-33 favorable rating anyday over those LOSERS.

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Bernie of course. He's does better in the general election polls and has much better favorability ratings. Meanwhile, no one has really brought up Clinton Foundation pay to play.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Clinton. It's well established that ideologically extreme candidates face an electoral penalty. Differences in head-to-head polling at the moment is easily explainable by Sanders not facing the force of conservative attacks the way Clinton has for decades. 

You sound exactly like the idiot pundits on CNN.

[Likely Voter]

On one hand Sanders outperforms Clinton in current polling and Clinton has clear negatives. On the other hand Clinton has the support of the party machine and is well known, whereas Sanders is mostly unknown and has yet to be subject to a massive negative campaign that redefines him.   

One thing is for sure, the GOP elites believe Clinton would be stronger. This is evidenced by all the money being spent attacking her in the Dem primary and also on the Claire McCaskill-esque 'attack' ads on Sanders (which are actually meant to help him).

[Nichlemn]

Sanders' position is not too dissimilar from Clinton's circa 2013. As you may recall, Clinton had a very positive approval rating coming off her mostly non-partisan position of Secretary of State, and held wide leads in both primary and general election polling. The conventional wisdom (here and elsewhere) was that Clinton was a near shoe-in to become the next President so long as she ran. Of course, her approvals dipped as she hopped back into the partisan fray and had scandals arise.

You might argue that Sanders is equally in the partisan fray as Clinton is, but not really. He's only been a considered a genuinely serious candidate for a few months, and hasn't had much attention paid to him by non-Democratic voters.