Poll: Biden continues to dominate among black voters

[highplainsdem]

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/13/poll-biden-continues-to-dominate-among-black-voters-084285

Joe Biden continues to hold a wide lead in the Democratic primary among African Americans, according to a new poll that also shows black voters believe the former vice president would do the best job on most of the issues important to them.

In the crowded Democratic field, Biden has 44 percent support — 29 percentage points higher than Sen, Bernie Sanders, who comes in second among African American likely primary voters, according to the survey for the BlackPAC political action committee.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren was third at 11 percent and Sen. Cory Booker followed with 5 percent.

Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and entrepreneur Andrew Yang all tied at 3 percent while former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and California billionaire Tom Steyer were tied at 2 percent.

Biden rated as the most likely candidate to be ranked as the second choice for voters who support or have supported Sanders, Sen. Elizbeth Warren or Sen. Kamala Harris, who recently left the race.

“Voters are looking for a few things: someone who understands their issues and will act on them, someone they know and can trust and they’re looking for someone who can beat Donald Trump. Biden for black voters ticks off those three metrics,” said Adrianne Shropshire, executive director of the left-leaning political committee dedicated to mobilizing and engaging black voters.

The BlackPAC survey, conducted by the firm Normington Petts, polled 800 African Americans nationwide from Nov. 21-27 and has an error margin of 3.5 percentage points.

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Full survey results here:

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000016e-fc61-d978-a9ee-feff6f6c0000

[Skya Rhen]

1. Great numbers!

[highplainsdem]

2. Definitely.

[Alhena]

3. Can Buttigieg EVER become president with his level of black support?

He's one of the rising stars in the party, I hope he's not going to be permanently prevented from getting the nomination by his low black support.

[highplainsdem]

5. I don't think 2020 will be Buttigieg's year. But he has lots of years to do things to win more

black support, before he runs again.

The same isnt true for Sanders, with 1/3 the support Biden has from black voters, or for Warren, with 1/4 the support.

[peggysue2]

4. Joe is solid and steady

Good one on him!

AGO4JOE2020

[Indykatie]

6. Many Were Surprised That Biden Was 2nd Choice For More Kamala Supporters When She Left Race

I've seen some here at DU combine Bernie and Warren voters to make case that Biden is not really leading in the race. Polls like this one shows that thinking doesn't hold water. Biden appears to be the benefactor when others drop out of the race.

[PunkinPi]

9. Sure seems that way...

Link to tweet

.@MoniquePressley: “All the people that thought dragging down Harris’ campaign would benefit Warren or Sanders or Buttigieg — it’s all going to Biden. Kamala Harris was the only viable candidate that could’ve dragged black voters away from Joe Biden.”

[Scurrilous]

7. K&R

[flamingdem]

8. Good news

[Cha]

10. This is what counts.. not the snarky

snark that some think is sooo clever.. it says more about them than Joe Biden.

Thank you, highplains!

[Hortensis]

11. These days I'm thinking I'd be happy to come back black just to look like

40s in my 60s and 70s, but this kind of thing also makes me think how nice it'd be to be part of a voting bloc where good sense and cool eyes on the prize were that common. Sadly, we need to be a lot more affluent as retirees than we are to live in blue communities.

[UniteFightBack]

14. My black friends love it when I say...."Black don't crack and white don't age right"

[Hortensis]

15. Lol. Simple truth.

[Sloumeau]

12. highplainsdem, thanks a bunch for posting this! :)

Forty-four percent among African Americans is a truly great number, and Biden won't forget who supported him in the primaries. Assuming this level of support holds, and I assume it will, Biden should win the South--and if he wins the South--Hello, Milwaukee!

[Tarheel_Dem]

13. This will always be the case. Trust me.