Democratic Primaries

highplainsdem

(49,023 posts) Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:14 AM Mar 2020

New CNN poll shows huge shifts in favorability for Biden and Sanders

Link to tweet

In new CNN poll, *huge* shifts in favorability for Biden and Sanders, among all voters

Dec. Fav/Unfav (Net)
Sanders 43/44 (-1)
Biden 39/47 (-8)

March Fav/Unfav (Net)
Biden 48/44 (+4)
Sanders 42/52 (-10)

That's a +12 net swing for Biden, -9 for Bernie

http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2020/images/03/09/rel2a.-.2020.pdf

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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New CNN poll shows *huge* shifts in favorability for Biden and Sanders (Original Post) highplainsdem Mar 2020 OP

All started with the Nevada tweet. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #1

The incessant whining is getting to me. pamela Mar 2020 #5

Same, complaining and excuses just turn me away Amishman Mar 2020 #7

Which is all we're getting from our Repub opponents, too... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #10

It's not new! LisaM Mar 2020 #15

He absolutely over played his hand Cosmocat Mar 2020 #9

Yep. nt SunSeeker Mar 2020 #18

That's mind blowing. n/t Tarheel_Dem Mar 2020 #2

The "revolution" is in retreat. honest.abe Mar 2020 #3

It's an evolution! calimary Mar 2020 #19

Woah! spicysista Mar 2020 #4

"If it's what you say, I love it". oasis Mar 2020 #6

Ha! SilasSouleII Mar 2020 #14

Wow, at 52%, Bernie is at Trump level unfavorables. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #8

I think a lot of voters didn't pay attention until they suddenly realized he'd become favored deurbano Mar 2020 #11

It's all over. Biden is inevitable. The only question that remains is who he'll ask to be his VP. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #12

Not winning the nomination is not humiliating. ramen Mar 2020 #16

Very true. FailureToCommunicate Mar 2020 #17

Buttigieg, Klobuchar and Warren never tweeted that "the establishment can't stop me." SunSeeker Mar 2020 #20

If Biden gets over 50 in the rating and sustains it, he's got this all the way to November. apnu Mar 2020 #13

What's the point of cheap gas if you can't go anywhere? SunSeeker Mar 2020 #21

This has no bearing on my point apnu Mar 2020 #23

I got your point. You missed my point: cheap gas won't buoy Trump. nt SunSeeker Mar 2020 #24

Ah yes, that. I agree (nt) apnu Mar 2020 #26

Summer? Well the travel industry won't have much fun. calimary Mar 2020 #22

Wow! Looking good! R B Garr Mar 2020 #25

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2020 #27

TwilightZone

(25,473 posts)

1. All started with the Nevada tweet.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:18 AM

Mar 2020

That's when Sanders ramped up the negativity and resumed assertively attacking the party.

That's probably not the only factor, but I think it's a significant one. I am a bit surprised at the size of the swing. The improvement on Biden's side bodes well for the campaign going forward.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

pamela

(3,469 posts)

5. The incessant whining is getting to me.

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:59 AM

Mar 2020

I reflexively turn the tv when Trump is on and realized the other day that I've started doing that with Bernie, too. The whining, perpetual victimhood and the non-stop airing of the grievances is really getting annoying.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Amishman

(5,559 posts)

7. Same, complaining and excuses just turn me away

Reply to pamela (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 12:06 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Wounded Bear

(58,691 posts)

10. Which is all we're getting from our Repub opponents, too...

Reply to Amishman (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:15 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

LisaM

(27,822 posts)

15. It's not new!

Reply to pamela (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:43 PM

Mar 2020

He's been doing this for at least five years. Did it take a pandemic for people to notice?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Cosmocat

(14,568 posts)

9. He absolutely over played his hand

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:02 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

SunSeeker

(51,656 posts)

18. Yep. nt

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 02:07 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Tarheel_Dem

(31,237 posts)

2. That's mind blowing. n/t

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:19 AM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

honest.abe

(8,680 posts)

3. The "revolution" is in retreat.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:20 AM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

calimary

(81,429 posts)

19. It's an evolution!

Reply to honest.abe (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 02:15 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

spicysista

(1,663 posts)

4. Woah!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:24 AM

Mar 2020

That's huge. The more negative Bernie supporters are really damaging his status among voters. It's pretty sad considering Bernie did enjoy a decent amount of good will from the general public.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

oasis

(49,398 posts)

6. "If it's what you say, I love it".

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 12:02 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

SilasSouleII

(363 posts)

14. Ha!

Reply to oasis (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:22 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

SunSeeker

(51,656 posts)

8. Wow, at 52%, Bernie is at Trump level unfavorables.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 12:50 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

deurbano

(2,895 posts)

11. I think a lot of voters didn't pay attention until they suddenly realized he'd become favored

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:17 PM

Mar 2020

(by pollsters) to actually win. He does better as a gadfly than a serious candidate.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

12. It's all over. Biden is inevitable. The only question that remains is who he'll ask to be his VP.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:19 PM

Mar 2020

What a humiliating development for Bernie!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

ramen

(790 posts)

16. Not winning the nomination is not humiliating.

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:44 PM

Mar 2020

I don't think Warren, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Harris, etc etc should be humiliated. do you?

Still eager to hear from more voters in primaries but yes, it does look like Biden may well be our nominee. I can work with that, if that's where we end up.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

FailureToCommunicate

(14,020 posts)

17. Very true.

Reply to ramen (Reply #16)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 02:00 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

SunSeeker

(51,656 posts)

20. Buttigieg, Klobuchar and Warren never tweeted that "the establishment can't stop me."

Reply to ramen (Reply #16)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 02:16 PM

Mar 2020

None of those three never bragged about their invincibility like Bernie did. https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-faces-backlash-saying-neither-republican-nor-democratic-establishment-can-stop-him-1488599

Bernie got way too full of himself going into Nevada. Pride before the fall...

Link to tweet

When you trash talk then fall short, that is humiliating.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

apnu

(8,758 posts)

13. If Biden gets over 50 in the rating and sustains it, he's got this all the way to November.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:19 PM

Mar 2020

Coronavirus is wrecking Trump. The markets are in free-fall, that's going to wreck him also. Cheaper gas might be welcome in the summer, but if these two things are sustained, job losses will start to mount and be a thing in the fall.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

SunSeeker

(51,656 posts)

21. What's the point of cheap gas if you can't go anywhere?

Reply to apnu (Reply #13)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 02:20 PM

Mar 2020

Enjoy it while you're not yet quarantined!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

apnu

(8,758 posts)

23. This has no bearing on my point

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #21)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 03:26 PM

Mar 2020

If Joe's net favorability rating is 50+ through the summer, he wins the GE against Trump. Obviously that means whatever happens with the coronavirus and whatever's spooking oil from now until then.

Actually any crisis that Trump has to handle badly between now and then is only a drag on his numbers and a boost for Joe or whomever is Trump's competition.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden