* NEW * Emerson (B+ Rated) Poll - Biden 27%, Sanders 25%, Warren 21%, Buttigieg 6%, Harris 5%

[Skya Rhen]

A new Emerson Poll finds former VP Joe Biden continues to hold a small lead in the Democratic primary nationally with 27% support, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders at 25% and Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 21%, no other candidates clears 6%. (n=430, +/- 4.7%). This represents a small shift from Emerson’s September poll that had Biden at 25%, Warren at 23% and Sanders at 22%.



http://emersonpolling.com/2019/10/22/biden-sanders-warren-maintain-front-runner-status-in-democratic-primary/

[Gothmog]

1. Some additional polling

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[ritapria]

2. The media should report on the results of all credible Polls ...

Not just the ones showing Elizabeth Warren ahead …..It's the fair way to cover the race

[Green Line]

3. They should

But they won’t, they’re trying to pick our candidate.

[Lexblues]

5. I never hear about polls on TV unless it shows Warren ahead

It's pretty amazing how bias they are nowadays.

[corbettkroehler]

4. WaPo Opinion: AOC And Omar's Sanders Endorsements Matter - And Not Just To Him

Wondering how Sanders could be in second place in this most recent national poll less than a month after suffering a heart attack? Here's a partial explanation.

James Downie is the Washington Post Digital opinions editor. He offered the following on the subject of the endorsement of Bernie Sanders by AOC and Ilhan Omar.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar’s Sanders endorsements matter — and not just to him

http://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/20/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omars-sanders-endorsements-matter-not-just-him

Oct. 20, 2019 at 6:38 p.m. EDT

On Saturday, in Long Island City, N.Y., rising star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
before a massive crowd of more than 25,000 supporters. Just a few weeks ago, many observers were writing the Vermont senator off after he was sidelined by a heart attack. But with Ocasio-Cortez’s endorsement, as well as that of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and his widely praised performance at Tuesday’s Democratic debate, the Vermont senator was well-justified in telling his cheering supporters, “I am back.”

As Ocasio-Cortez said in her video endorsing Sanders, “This is not just about running for president. This is about creating a mass movement.” The real significance of Ocasio-Cortez and Omar’s endorsements isn’t that they boosted Sanders’s campaign, but that they have gained enough influence that their endorsements can be the centerpiece of a campaign comeback rally. The movement has crossed a key threshold: For the first time in decades, the American left has a powerful presence in electoral politics.

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Believe it or not, there was a time when democratic socialists were active in shaping the American political agenda. Labor leaders such as A. Philip Randolph and activists such as Bayard Rustin played major roles in the civil rights movement, with Randolph among the leaders who pressured President Harry Truman to desegregate the military. In the early 1960s, democratic socialist leader Michael Harrington’s book “The Other America” caught the attention of President John F. Kennedy. At the White House’s invitation, Harrington would continue to contribute anti-poverty proposals, a role he continued through the Lyndon B. Johnson administration.

[floppyboo]

9. love it!

And looking at the last emerson national poll with Bernie at 2nd, then checking out the perametres at the bottom of the page (2016 data) and knowing that those numbers should be weighted more fully for a younger voting group (2018 numbers - go AOC!) Bernie is most likely doing way better than this!!!

[Gothmog]

6. @JOEBIDEN LEADS IN 9 CONSECUTIVE POLLS

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[Tarheel_Dem]

8. Thanks for posting that. n/t

[Sloumeau]

7. Yes! Biden is still rocking it! :)