ABC / WaPo Poll: 42% say Biden has the best chance of defeating trump.

[crazytown]

Sept 5: JB 27%, BS 19%, EW 17%, KH 7%, PB 4%

Most Important:
Best Chance of Defeating Trump - 50%
Positions Closest to Mine - 41%

Democratic candidate with the best chance to defeat Trump?
JB 42%, BS 14%, EW 12%, KH 2%, PB 1%

Democratic candidate who would be the best president?
JB 23%, EW 19%, BS 16%, KH 5%, PB 4%

What kind of candidate more likely to defeat Trump?
White 15%, minority 6%, doesn't matter 78%
Man 23%, woman 7%, doesn't matter 69%
Moderate 38%, liberal 13%, doesn't matter 45%
Over-70 3%, under-70 40% doesn't matter 58%

https://www.langerresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/1207a12020Democrats.pdf

[highplainsdem]

1. K&R! Thanks for posting this, crazytown!

[highplainsdem]

2. It's particularly interesting that only 13% think a liberal Dem is more likely to beat Trump,

while 38% think a moderate Dem (who would still be liberal by almost all standards) is more likely to beat Trump

And of course 45% say it doesn't matter.

But this does confirm that there's concern about moving too far left among a substantial percentage of Democrats.

Which is useful info when you sometimes see very liberal Dems argue that it's only Republicans or formerly Republican Never Trumpers who think Democrats are more likely to beat Trump if their nominee isn't too far left.

[crazytown]

3. Elizabeth has a comprehensive left policy portfolio

(unfortunately including M4A), but what is often missed is that her no 1 issue is corruption, and that resonates across the political spectrum.

[Joe941]

4. Doesnt mean much.

[Cha]

7. Except if your candidate was ahead.

[blm]

5. Expected, as that's what they've been told every day for months now.

[thesquanderer]

8. Bingo. Another meaningless poll, that doesn't ask who anyone will vote for, but instead...

...asks people to make a guess as to who they feel OTHER people will vote for. Which is largely going to be a regurgitation of what they've "heard", or perhaps demonstrate their biases about how they think other people will think. That might have some value in some kind of psychological analysis of voters' perceptions, but it is useless in telling us anything about who would actually win.