Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: NBC/WSJ poll: Enthusiasm for Warren surges while same for Biden, Sanders falls [View all]marylandblue
(12,344 posts)May I give you a syntax lesson? The word "potential" in this context indicates the speaker's opinion that something COULD happen, but, in fact, has not yet happened. If three points make a trend, then two points do not. But two points COULD be part of a trend that might be established with additional data. Or it could not happen, which is always implied when the word "could" or "potential" is used.
The use of capitals to emphasize the word "potential" in the response above is meant to further emphasize the highly uncertain and subjective nature of this analysis, as does the emphasized word "could" in this post.
The acknowledged lack of support for the opinion is further reinforced by the follow-up sentence which said that Biden shouldn't be worried yet, indicating that the change should not be taken as a sign of a problem for him, in the way an actual trend might.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden