Biden dominates Dem rivals in new early primary polls (SC & NH)

[highplainsdem]

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/28/joe-biden-polls-2020-1345827

Joe Biden is dominating the entire field of Democratic opponents in two key early states, according to new polls that show his lead is even bigger in targeted head-to-head matchups against other high-ranking candidates.

The two polls of likely Democratic primary voters, completed last week by Tel Opinion Research, a Florida-based firm, show the former vice president with a 21-percentage point lead over the second-place candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, in New Hampshire and an even bigger Biden lead over him of 27 points in South Carolina.

Most other candidates polled in the single digits or didn't register at all. Unlike most public polls, respondents were asked an open-ended question about which candidate they preferred, and were not read a full list of the roughly two-dozen Democrats running for the nomination.

But that doesn't mean Biden's big lead is solely a function of name recognition. In head-to-head matchups between the top two vote-getters, Biden’s lead grew to 55 points over Sanders in South Carolina and 44 points in New Hampshire — a state that the neighboring Vermont senator won in his insurgent 2016 bid against Hillary Clinton.

The surveys also showed that Biden’s name ID of nearly 100 percent among likely voters in both states was nearly as high as that of the other candidates, who were recognized by at 8 in 10 voters or more. Biden, however, was better-liked by voters in both state polls.

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NH poll details here:

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000016a-ffed-df31-a1ee-ffef332a0002

Key findings in NH:

Biden 33%, Not Sure 28%, Sanders 12%, Warren 11%, Buttigieg 7%, Harris 7%

Candidates' Favorable / Unfavorable ratings:

Biden 82 / 12
Warren 74 / 16
Sanders 69 / 23
Harris 68 / 9
Buttigieg 61 / 9
Booker 54 / 11




SC poll details here:

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000016a-ffef-df31-a1ee-ffefa0600000

Key findings in SC:

Biden 37%, Not Sure 32%, Sanders 10%, Warren 8%, Harris 7%, Buttigieg 3%, Booker 2%

Candidates' Favorable / Unfavorable ratings

Biden 87 / 6
Sanders 64 / 24
Harris 60 / 8
Warren 60 / 15
Booker 47 / 12
Buttigieg 39 / 16

[highplainsdem]

1. Kicking after editing the OP to add key findings from each poll.

[Cha]

2. Thank You for all these polls,

highplains !

Interesting on the Favorable/Unfavorable findings in the two states.

[Kahuna7]

3. I hope these results hold....

But that doesn't mean Biden's big lead is solely a function of name recognition. In head-to-head matchups between the top two vote-getters, Biden’s lead grew to 55 points over Sanders in South Carolina and 44 points in New Hampshire — a state that the neighboring Vermont senator won in his insurgent 2016 bid against Hillary Clinton.