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Showing Original Post only (View all)Biden, Harris in virtual tie after dramatic shift in black support, poll shows [View all]
Haven't finished reading because of her last jump and thought was a given but...
Sen. Kamala Harris of California has catapulted into a virtual tie with former Vice President Joe Biden in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination and she'smade significant inroads with black voters following her widely praised debate performance last week, a new national poll released Tuesday showed.
The latest Quinnipiac University poll of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters showed Biden with 22 percent support and Harris with 20 percent a double-digit jump for her since the university's previous poll last month.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont were in third and fourth place in the poll, with 14 percent and 13 percent, respectively. Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, was in fifth, with 4 percent support.
No other candidate got more than 3 percent in the poll.
Biden's 2 percentage point lead over Harris was within the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
"Round 1 of the Democratic debates puts Senator Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden on two different trajectories, as support for Harris surges but continues to slip for Biden," Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Mary Snow said in a statement. "Biden's once-commanding lead has evaporated," she added.
The poll, conducted June 28 to July 1, also showed that Harris had caught up with Biden in receiving support from black Democratic voters a bloc with which Biden has done well.
In the latest poll, Biden's support among black Democratic voters shrunk to 31 percent from 48 percent in the June poll. Harris, on the other hand, saw her support among black Democratic voters grow to 27 percent, from 11 percent in the June poll. The June poll numbers on African American voters were provided to NBC by Quinnipiac.
The poll suggests a substantial upswing for Harris and a notable decline for the former vice president. In the Quinnipiac's poll of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters last month, Biden received the support of 30 percent of the respondents, while Sanders had 19 percent, Warren had 15 percent and Buttigieg had 8 percent.
The latest Quinnipiac University poll of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters showed Biden with 22 percent support and Harris with 20 percent a double-digit jump for her since the university's previous poll last month.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont were in third and fourth place in the poll, with 14 percent and 13 percent, respectively. Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, was in fifth, with 4 percent support.
No other candidate got more than 3 percent in the poll.
Biden's 2 percentage point lead over Harris was within the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
"Round 1 of the Democratic debates puts Senator Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden on two different trajectories, as support for Harris surges but continues to slip for Biden," Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Mary Snow said in a statement. "Biden's once-commanding lead has evaporated," she added.
The poll, conducted June 28 to July 1, also showed that Harris had caught up with Biden in receiving support from black Democratic voters a bloc with which Biden has done well.
In the latest poll, Biden's support among black Democratic voters shrunk to 31 percent from 48 percent in the June poll. Harris, on the other hand, saw her support among black Democratic voters grow to 27 percent, from 11 percent in the June poll. The June poll numbers on African American voters were provided to NBC by Quinnipiac.
The poll suggests a substantial upswing for Harris and a notable decline for the former vice president. In the Quinnipiac's poll of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters last month, Biden received the support of 30 percent of the respondents, while Sanders had 19 percent, Warren had 15 percent and Buttigieg had 8 percent.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/joe-biden-kamala-harris-virtual-tie-democratic-nomination-new-poll-n1025656
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Kind of Blue
Jul 2019
OP
I don't know how you could think that when that didn't even happen in 2016. nt
UniteFightBack
Jul 2019
#10
I think he will win as he is the best candidate to take the states we need...
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#77
Even Booker got a bounce from this hacksaw racial attack against Biden. nt
UniteFightBack
Jul 2019
#11
Biden's insistence on bragging about 'getting along' with vile racist shitheads
Voltaire2
Jul 2019
#12
Yeah, what gets me is exactly that. Instead of offering fresh ideas as a young
Kind of Blue
Jul 2019
#23
Well, Harris is right. And if they're having a field day then more info will reveal that
Kind of Blue
Jul 2019
#49
I know that. But is she now going to go around the country saying she will do forced busing?
marylandblue
Jul 2019
#52
I don't know what her actual strategy will be. I wish she would focus on her strengths
emulatorloo
Jul 2019
#53
There is no plan because it is a bad idea to run on...a better plan is what is Biden's idea
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#42
We gave up on it 40 or 50 years ago...what we can and should go for is equality.
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#59
It didn't work. Carter was in office then...we were about to be treated to two terms of Reagan and
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#76
It is odd to me that some are trying to protect Trump's very real racism on Biden
emulatorloo
Jul 2019
#55
Yup. We call as we see it, don't we? Unfortunately for you nothing is stopping that.
Kind of Blue
Jul 2019
#66
I'm not going to tear down our Dem nominees in 2020. It may not matter but it's what I
emulatorloo
Jul 2019
#68
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there," Rumi
Kind of Blue
Jul 2019
#79
Yeah. But I've decided to try to boost all our candidates up, and stay away from personal attacks
emulatorloo
Jul 2019
#70
He wants to provide more money to Title I schools and fully fund special ed.
marylandblue
Jul 2019
#54
So you think forced busing will work in the 21st century...we have school choice now
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#61
I knew you would say something like that. We have separate but unequal now.
marylandblue
Jul 2019
#69
Not sure what your point is. Yes the party retreated. And we aren't going to try that again.
marylandblue
Jul 2019
#75
Or you could look at it this way, "Support for Biden among blacks cut in half
Kind of Blue
Jul 2019
#22
I didn't say I didn't enjoy following trends, just that tomorrow's polls will be different.
ucrdem
Jul 2019
#38
Or you could look at it this way, "Support for Biden among blacks cut in half
Kind of Blue
Jul 2019
#21
Yes, those positions are problems in primary debates, but they will be assets in November 2020.
ucrdem
Jul 2019
#34
Or you could look at it this way, "Support for Biden among blacks cut in half
Kind of Blue
Jul 2019
#20
New polls do not show that. In fact Sanders who is polling below Biden is considerably
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#24
I wish you'd link to the new polls. This Quinnipiac poll conducted June 28 to July 1.
Kind of Blue
Jul 2019
#25
This tells you the other two polls in same post as first one but...here it is.
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#45
Oh, I see. As per the title, the OP is really about black support for Biden.
Kind of Blue
Jul 2019
#47
Please don't bother yourself with that if it's not about the main point of the OP. For clarity sake,
Kind of Blue
Jul 2019
#48