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35%
A new Fox News poll finds Joe Biden leading the Democratic presidential race nationally with 35%, followed by Bernie Sanders at 17%, Elizabeth Warren at 9%, Pete Buttigieg at 6% and Kamala Harris at 5%. They are followed by Beto O’Rouke at 4%, Cory Booker at 3%, Amy Klobuchar at 2% and Julian Castro at 2%. Everyone else is at 1% or less.
“There’s so many nicknames I’m inclined to give this guy. You can just start with clown.”
— Joe Biden, quoted by Politico, when asked if he had a nickname for President Trump.
“I don’t care how experienced you are. I don’t care how many good people you have around you. That is not a job for 80-year-olds.”
— James Carville, in a podcast interview with David Axelrod, on Joe Biden’s candidacy for president.
38%
A new Quinnipiac poll shows Joe Biden way ahead in the Democratic presidential race with 38%, followed by Elizabeth Warren at 12%, Bernie Sanders at 11%, Pete Buttigieg at 10%, Kamala Harris at 8% and Beto O’Rouke at 5%. Key finding: 56% say Biden has the best chance to beat President Donald Trump, followed by Sanders at 12%.
36%
A new Morning Consult survey of Democrats found 36% say Joe Biden is their first choice for president, up from 30% the week before. The increase was enough to more than double his advantage over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), from 6 points to 14 points.
29%
A new Morning Consult survey of Democratic primary voters finds Joe Biden leading the Democratic field with 29%, followed by Bernie Sanders at 27%, Kamala Harris at 10%, Beto O’Rourke at 7% and Elizabeth Warren at 7%.
15.6%
An early straw poll of members of the progressive group MoveOn.org shows a wide-open competition for liberal voters in the forthcoming 2020 Democratic presidential contest, NBC News reports. The most popular potential candidate was Beto O’Rourke at 15.6%, followed by joe Biden at 14.9%, and then Sen. Bernie Sanders with 13.1%.
“I am a gaffe machine, but my God what a wonderful thing compared to a guy who can’t tell the truth.”
— Joe Biden, quoted by CNN.
28%
A new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll finds Joe Biden is the most popular Democrat in a potential 2020 presidential primary, with 28% of Democratic and independent voters saying they’d most likely vote for him. Biden is followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at 21% and Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) at 7%. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) as well as former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (D) — who are all openly considering 2020 campaigns — all polled in the low single-digits.
“They’re either not telling the truth or they’re really stupid. Because there’s no way you can afford to cover pre-existing conditions without everybody being in on the deal.”
— Joe Biden, pushing back on claims by President Trump and fellow Republicans that the GOP can protect patients with pre-existing conditions better than Democrats, Politico reports.
