Kamala Harris considered "Most Strong" among Dem contenders in new CBSNews Battleground Tracker Poll

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28. what is electability?

...it's a combination of factors for voters.

That's not 'twisting' it's a fact. At this early point in the election campaign, 'electability is mostly a result of polling, elevating a candidate, like Joe Biden in what pollsters call a feedback loop.

Alex Seitz-Wald writes about this:

...many argue that perceptions of electability are driven largely by national media coverage, creating what analyst Nate Silver called a "feedback loop" and Washington Post media critic Margaret Sullivan dubbed a "self-perpetuating effect."

Some pundits and voters say one candidate — former Vice President Joe Biden — is the most electable, so they tell pollsters they want Biden, which produces media coverage that reinforces the idea that Biden is most electable, which then filters back down to voters concerned about "electability."

"In the old days, it wouldn't matter, but now the national narrative is seeping into voters' conscious in a way it hasn't before," Murray said. "So their answers when pollsters call is based on the national narrative, which then feeds back into the national narrative."

What we actually need to know before determining if a candidate is the best one to face off against Trump is how durable the factors are behind that 'electability' measure, which is, I'm sorry, a general term with myriad factors behind it.

How did Biden end up behind on being 'strong' when he's leading in that overall question of electability? That's what I'd be concerned about.