Biden opens up double-digit lead nationally over Sanders: poll

[left-of-center2012]

Former Vice President Joe Biden has opened up a double digit lead nationally over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a new poll.

The latest Reuters-Ipsos survey finds Biden at 45 percent support ahead of Sanders who has garnered 32 percent support. The recent increase shows a 24-point swing over the same poll from nine days ago, when Sanders had opened up an 11-point lead over Biden.

The Reuters-Ipsos survey was conducted between March 4 and March 5, before Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) dropped out of the race.

A majority of Democrats, 54 percent, view Biden as having the best chance at defeating President Trump, against only 25 percent who said Sanders. Sanders was viewed as the most electable candidate in the same poll from late February. Forty-six percent of Democrats said choosing the most electable candidate against Trump is their top issue.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/486212-biden-opens-up-double-digit-lead-nationally-over-sanders-poll

[beachbumbob]

1. how fortune change when real democrats vote don't they?

[LongtimeAZDem]

2. It's almost as though a small New England primary and a couple of caucuses were not real

indicators of Democratic mood

[beachbumbob]

3. media was feeding us a real line of crap and forcing sanders down the democratic party throat

as if small state outcomes mattered one bit.

[NurseJackie]

4. It's all over. Biden is inevitable. The only question that remains is who he'll ask to be his VP.

I have a suggestion that I hope he takes.


Joe/Kamala or Biden/Harris 2020!!
Jump on the Biden Bandwagon & abandon the revolution!!

[left-of-center2012]

5. No thank you

[dware]

7. Aww, c'mon,

you'd make a great VP.

[Cha]

6. Steady as you GO JOE BIDEN!