Bloomberg surges to 4th place in new poll

[brooklynite]

Politico

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg continues to rise in the Democratic primary field, according to a new poll out Wednesday, reaping the benefits of plunging his personal fortune into widespread advertisements for his last minute bid for the White House.

The Monmouth University poll found Bloomberg polling at 9 percent nationally among Democratic voters — good for a distant fourth place among a still-crowded field. The former mayor's showing in the poll represents an increase of 4 points since a Monmouth survey conducted in December and the highest he’s registered in a national poll since jumping into the race late last year.

Outside of Bloomberg’s rise, the Monmouth poll shows a stable race at the top of the field with less than two weeks to go before the first nominating contest of the 2020 race.

Former Vice President Joe Biden leads the pack with 30 percent, up 4 points from a month ago. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is in second, rising 2 points to 23 percent, followed by Warren, who dropped 3 points to 14 percent.

Bloomberg’s surge puts him atop the next tier of candidates, jumping former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who is down 2 points to 8 percent. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar rose 1 point since December, polling at 5 percent, and entrepreneur Andrew Yang remains at 3 percent, with no other candidate breaching 1 percent. Six percent of Democratic voters polled said they were still undecided.

[murielm99]

1. I have been listening to Bloomberg lately.

He could be more of a factor than we realize. I will keep an open mind.

[liskddksil]

4. You should know that Bloomberg endorsed many of the same GOP Senators

that give Moscow Mitch his majority. Bloomberg supported them when they needed them most (see Pat Toomey in 2016). This explain why Merrick Garland is not on the Supreme court, but Gorsuch and Kavenaugh are. Or why a giant tax cut is in effect that helped destroy Obamacare. Or why the Senate is a graveyard for numerous progressive policies that have passed the House, including gun reform and health care and all the other things Bloomberg pretends to care about.

[murielm99]

6. I know about his negatives.

But I thank you for listing them here.

We need to work hard for our chosen candidates, or we may end up with Bloomberg. He would be better than trump.

I would vote for Bloomberg if necessary.

[democrank]

2. He's better than Trump

[MH1]

3. Yes. For all the things I find sub-optimal about Bloomberg,

he is FAR, FAR better than Trump. If I knew for an absolute fact that he could beat Trump, and was the only one with a clear shot to do so, I might be supporting him. We fucked up bad in 2016, and I'm tired of hearing about dreams of fairies, unicorns, and stardust. We have to stop the bleeding first.

[Recursion]

5. His main problem is that he's a massive tool

It's not that he's super rich, though he is, and it's not that he wants to take away your Big Gulp, though he does. His biggest problem is that he is an immense tool and can't seem to understand that fact (that's a common characteristic of massive tools, for that matter).