Half Of Democrats Want Biden In Race: Reuters/Ipsos Poll

[Purveyor]

Source: Reuters

The drumbeat for Joe Biden to jump into the 2016 presidential race is growing louder.

Almost half of the nation’s Democrats want the vice president to enter the field and challenge front-runner Hillary Clinton, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The results come as speculation surrounding Biden’s intentions has intensified, with reports having him close to a decision. The declared Democratic presidential candidates, including Clinton and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, her closest rival, will take the stage Tuesday night in Las Vegas for the first party debate.

Biden will not be there, but 48 percent of Democrats surveyed in the Reuters poll wish he were a candidate, compared with 30 percent who said he should stay out. Independents were split on the question, with 36 percent saying Biden should stay in and an equal share believing otherwise.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/12/us-usa-election-biden-poll-idUSKCN0S628F20151012

[onehandle]

1. Half Of Democrats Want Biden In Race, Rather Than Senator Sanders

[zalinda]

15. I don't think that is what it means.

I think it means half don't want to have to vote for Hillary.

Z

[oberliner]

2. This will change after the debate

O'Malley will be grabbing some headlines and attention.

[Botany]

3. Oh please

and >80% of the traditional media wants Biden in the race in order
to sell the program that they want to sell.

[Laser102]

19. Now that is something I agree with. They have manipulated this election from the start.

[Cassiopeia]

4. Shouldn't poll number that include Biden

show him crushing Clinton if this were the case?

[YOHABLO]

5. How does Reuters come up with this crap? If Biden was a contender, why isn't he in?

What can he possibly bring to the table that Hillary won't. I would say say he's more of a "Hillary" than a "Bernie". As soon as either of them get into office, the CIA, the Pentagon, and Wallstreet, will say ''here's the deal". Who did they ask in their poll? They didn't ask me.

[Demeter]

6. Sincerely doubt that

Unless you restrict your sample to the top 1%.

Joe Biden's done bupkis for the 99%...and that's including the bankruptcy rewrite.

[SoapBox]

10. +1000

Absolutely agree.

[avaistheone1]

13. Ditto

[Skittles]

16. BUT HE IS SUCH A NICE GUY, DEMETER!

don't you know that's all we need???

[appalachiablue]

7. Come on, Biden needs to make up his mind. His grief sticken state is still mentioned

which is understandable but you can't have it both ways. There was even some proposal for him to declare it would only be for 1 term, 'to help stabilize the country' if he came in. What?

[Bigredhunk]

8. I Don't Understand Those Who Want Biden(?)

Unless you're just a huge fan of the guy, what does he bring to the race? You have a progressive (Bernie) and a mainstream Dem (HRC). The others don't matter, sorry to say. You let Bernie & HRC duke it out until one of them comes out victorious, then everybody backs the winner.

I don't understand the interest in Biden apart from a media-driven thing, giving them one more person for their horse race bullshit.

[Shrek]

21. A candidate is more than an ideological label

Maybe there are some who want a mainstream Democrat who isn't Hillary Clinton.

[mr goodbeer]

9. Count me among them

Biden would make a fantastic POTUS, especially on foreign policy!

[Historic NY]

11. They want him to stay in WTF...

he isn't in its an illusion.

[MattSh]

12. There are a lot of Democrats here at DU...

Seriously, does anybody here want Biden in the race? OK, there are a few, but nothing close to half.

Maybe the restricted their polling to third-way Democrats, many of which don't desire to be called Democrats.

[flamingdem]

14. Let me predict right here

Biden is NOT going to run.

Tho some bankers may want him to do so.

[truthisfreedom]

17. We want to win.

We need a winning strategy. I have a feeling that adding Biden is not that strategy, and I think Biden feels that way too.

[Duckfan]

18. What I seem to read here many times is that MOR Dem's just wanna win.

To me, it sounds like a silly excuse to get their Wall Street candidate in. And that's all it is--an excuse. I don't wanna just win. I want someone who thinks more of main street than anything else. That's priority number one in my book if you catch my drift.

[rosesaylavee]

20. So half of 1431 adults say they want Biden...

Anyone see a link there saying how they chose the 1431? I am not seeing it. Were these landlines? Any cell calls in this one? Where do these people live? What's their median income? What's the age range? What's their gender?

The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted from Oct. 7-12 and surveyed 1,431 adults, including 580 self-identified Democrats. The credibility interval, which is similar to the margin of error, was 3 percent for the broader survey and 4.7 percent for the survey of Democrats.