Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: A Biden/Harris ticket would supercharge Dem turnout in the November 2020 election. [View all]wysimdnwyg
(2,230 posts)Harris still led the informal DU poll. Biden is in the middle of his announcement bump, and will likely - as with all of the other candidates - drop back a little after a bit of time.
As for national polls, Harris is consistently among the leaders of the second tier of candidates behind Sanders and Biden, who both enjoy a significant advantage in name recognition. Occasionally someone from the second (or third) tier will break out temporarily as the new media darling (see Beto and Mayor Pete), but they inevitably drop back down, if not to their pre-bump numbers, at least back down to second tier status. But for someone without the massive name recognition of Sanders and Biden, and even to the degree of Warren, I'd say Harris is doing quite well. Add in the well established bias against women and people of color (both of which are probably hurting Harris to some degree), and I think she's doing quite well.
A look at Harris's position in each of the last 10 polls (per 538 - unless noted, Biden and Sanders took the top two spots in all polls):
3rd
2nd (no Biden)
4th (1 point behind Pete)
T3rd
T3rd
T2nd (no Biden)
T4th (no Biden, clear outlier for Beto in 3rd, announcement bump for Pete)
6th (announcement bump for Pete, 4-6 separated by 2 points)
4th (1 point behind Pete for 3rd)
4th (1 point behind Pete for 3rd)
Even if you don't discount Buttigieg's announcement bump, Harris is right there with him, with only the two big names ahead of them consistently. I'm not saying Harris will get the nomination, or even that she's necessarily the best candidate (I like her, but I'd be happy with most of our candidates in ANY election, let alone this one), but I don't agree with the whole "underperforming" theory.
As to the OP, I'd be all over a Biden/Harris ticket.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden