Biden sees support from Democrats slip 10 points after debate

[left-of-center2012]

The percentage of Democrats who say they would vote for former Vice President Joe Biden if the presidential race were held tomorrow slipped by 10 points after the first primary debate.

According to a Morning Consult/FiveThirtyEight poll of likely Democratic voters released on Friday, 41.5 percent said before the debates they would vote for Biden tomorrow, but 31.5 percent said the same thing after Thursday night’s debate.

The apparent decline in support comes after Biden was widely seen as having faltered, including engaging in a stark exchange with Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) over school busing.

Harris herself got a nearly 9 point bump, with 16.6 percent of Democrats saying they would support her after the debate, up from 7.9 percent before the events.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/450958-10-percent-fewer-democrats-say-theyd-vote-for-biden-after-first-debate-poll

[donkeypoofed]

1. Wow ! Way to go, Kamala !!!

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. I said it before the debates- Joe has reached his ceiling

It’s all downhill from here...

[floppyboo]

4. agree. single digits by november.

[bluewater]

5. Last night on CNN, Van Jones predicted there will be a new front runner by the next debate.

He didn't specify whom.

[appalachiablue]

3. K & R Significant

[UniteFightBack]

6. The attacks and such always work. I mean look what it did for rump. nt

[customerserviceguy]

10. Expect

that Harris will go after Warren next. Biden had African-American support that Harris wanted, Warren has support from female voters that Harris surely wants, too.

[UniteFightBack]

11. Well the attacks go both ways then...which I really don't want to see but it will be inevitable I

guess. I just have a feeling that our candidate is going to be very roughed up for the general and I don't understand how people don't get that. It was fucked up with just Bernie and HIllary in 2016 and look what happened when he didn't drop out. It's going to be so much worse I can't even think about it anymore.

[customerserviceguy]

12. No, it doesn't go both ways

Joe Biden had one important task in 2008, don't be seen as a bully beating up Sarah Palin. Let her shoot herself in the foot, just be a gentleman, and let her whine, "Say it ain't so, Joe," after pointedly asking him at the beginning of the debate to ask if she can call him "Joe". Thanks to Tina Fey for highlighting that in an SNL skit!

Kamala Harris played both the race card against Joe Biden when she dug up an old irrelevant issue, and she played the woman card when she used the word "hurtful". No man can get away with using that term without looking like a wimp. He has only the experience card to play against her, and he's limited there. He already backed (by accepting the VP nomination) a candidate for president who only had two years in the US Senate before making a decision to go for the brass ring.

[UniteFightBack]

14. What I mean is if Harris is out there attacking the other candidates they are going to bite back. nt

[customerserviceguy]

15. What I mean is that they can't. n/t

[marylandblue]

7. That's what I expected.

[floppyboo]

8. And did you all check the unfavorable ratings?

Warren and Sanders are the only candidates that didn't increase their unfavorable ratings.

Now THAT is a trend to watch!!!

[floppyboo]

9. % increase/decrease in unfavorables after debates

Delaney +25.8
Williamson +16.6
Yang +11
Bennet +10.2
Swalwell +10.2
Hickenlooper +9.8
Ryan +8.3
O'Rourke +6.7
Gabbard +6.4
Inslee +6.4
Gillibrand +5.9
Klobuchar +4.4
deBlasio +4.2
Buttigieg +3.5
Biden +3
Castro +2.4
Booker +1.9
Harris +1.5

Sanders -.1
Warren -1

[Kaleva]

13. Every candidate's favorable rating, except for 1, went up post debate.

[floppyboo]

16. Yes, and Bernie is #1! Just ahead of Joe and Elizabeth.