47% Now Say Biden Was Good Veep Choice for Democrats

[Hope And Change]

47% Now Say Biden Was Good Veep Choice for Democrats

Friday, August 29, 2008

More voters are convinced after four days of convention-watching that Senator Joseph Biden was the right pick as Barack Obama’s running mate, but nearly a quarter still aren’t sure.

Forty-seven percent (47%) now say the senator from Delaware was the correct choice to be the Democratic vice presidential nominee, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken Thursday night. Last Saturday, right after Obama announced his choice, only 39% felt that way.

But Biden’s negatives have gone up slightly, too. On Saturday, 25% of voters felt he was a bad choice. Now 29% think Obama picked the wrong person. Twenty-three percent (23%) still haven’t made up their minds, compared to 35% on Saturday.

While just over half of Democrats (52%) thought Biden was a good choice last Saturday, 63% feel that way now. Nineteen percent (19%) didn’t like the choice at the time and the identical number still feel that way. But the 29% who were unsure initially are now down to 18%, all having moved into the positive column following the week’s events including Biden’s speech to his fellow Democrats Thursday night.

Nearly half of voters (49%) also now think Biden is ready to be president if necessary. Only 39% believed that six days ago. On Saturday, 35% said he was not ready and 26% were undecided. Now 30% feel he is not ready to be president and 22% are unsure.


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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/47_now_say_biden_was_good_veep_choice_for_democrats

[cameozalaznick]

1. Well he's better than the soccer mom McCain just picked. EOM

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. trophy running mate

[1corona4u]

2. I think there are still a lot of people who don't know him, or who he is.