Sanders and Steyer closing gap on Biden as SC 2020 presidential primary nears

[Uncle Joe]

COLUMBIA — Joe Biden’s hold atop South Carolina Democratic presidential primary polls has never wavered over nearly a year.

But the former vice president’s lead continues to slide with the South’s first primary just under a month away.

Biden, who once led by as much as 31 percentage points in South Carolina, holds a 5-point edge over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the latest Post and Courier-Change Research poll released Sunday. Biden sits at 25 percent to Sanders’ 20 percent.

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Sanders has taken leads in Iowa and New Hampshire with Warren and Buttigieg joining Biden to round out the top four leaders. Iowa voters head to their caucus Monday. New Hampshire holds its primary on Feb. 11.

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https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/sanders-and-steyer-closing-gap-on-biden-as-sc-presidential/article_b27fd0ca-43c6-11ea-9805-6b054517633c.html

[highplainsdem]

1. LOL! Outlier poll that also had Biden with only a small (7-point) lead in December,

when other, higher-rated SC polls show a lead of 20 points or more.

[George II]

5. Yes, he's "closing in" on Biden - he had 20 in December and 20 now. An optical illusion....

The REAL story is that Sanders was 15 points ahead of Steyer in December, that's now down to TWO - a gain of 13%.

[lapfog_1]

2. how many times has Sanders "closed the gap" in Iowa?

I mean I Keep seeing these same posts week after week.

[RandySF]

3. Aother online poll

Biden must be even stronger.

[George II]

4. Biden has had 30-40+ in every poll except the Post and Courier poll, Sanders has never....

....been above 20 in any poll except the Post and Courier.

To give everyone an idea of the credibility of this poll, they say "Biden, who once led by as much as 31 percentage points in South Carolina....", that was way back in the first week of May, just days after Biden announced his candidacy.

RCP still has Biden up 30.5-17.0 (+13.5) and 538 still has Biden up 34.1-16.4 (+17.7).

No worries for the Biden camp, but who should be worried is the Sanders campaign, Steyer is nipping at his heels.

Wonder why the Post and Courier headline mentions Steyer but the selected excerpts don't mention him at all? Perhaps because in the previous P&C poll he was 15 points behind Sanders and now is a mere 2 points behind him. THAT is a "surge".

[George II]

6. Another excerpt not included:

This is the eighth Post and Courier-Change Research poll of the 2020 race in South Carolina and interestingly, no challenger to Biden has polled at more than 20 percent.