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In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden, Beto O'rourke Reportedly Met to Discuss Potential 2020 Presidential Ticket [View all]friend of m and j
(220 posts)A recent poll in Iowa, the first state to hold a vote for presidential candidates, suggests Mr Biden is the most popular of the likeliest Democratic candidates, with a 94% approval rating among Democrat voters.
A CNN poll conducted by SSRS in late March found the former vice president enjoying broad support among Democrats. According to the survey, 84 percent of Democrats and left-leaning independents said they would support a Biden bid for the presidency.
A Harvard/Harris poll found 27 percent of Democrats would choose Biden as their candidate, which was more than 10 percentage points higher than his closest competitor, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, at 16 percent. And that was in a field of candidates of 20+. (I think that with Biden running a large part of those now considering a run would drop out).
A survey last month from Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm that does both public surveys and polling for Democratic candidates, found voters would also choose Biden over President Donald Trump in both an election and a fistfight. The idea of a fistfight came from the former vice president saying he'd like to take the president "behind the gym and beat the hell out of him." In an actual election scenario, 56 percent of respondents in the PPP poll said they would vote for Biden, while 39 percent said they would vote for Trump.