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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bloomberg Poll: Joe Biden Now Top Presidential Choice for 1 in 4 Democrats [View all]
As Hillary Clinton's ratings tumble, nearly half of those surveyed say they want the vice president in the race.Margaret Talev, Arit John
September 23, 2015 6:00 AM EDT
One quarter of Americans who are registered Democrats or lean that way say Vice President Joe Biden is now their top choice for president. The findings of a national Bloomberg Politics poll released Wednesday represent a notable achievement for an as-yet undeclared candidate, suggest concerns about Hillary Clinton's candidacy, and raise the prospect of a competitive three-way race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Clinton, once the prohibitive front-runner, is now the top choice of 33 percent of registered Democrats and those who lean Democrat, the poll shows. Biden places second with 25 percent and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is at 24 percent. The other three Democratic candidates combined are the top choice for less than 4 percent of that base.
Recent polls in states that will host the earliest contests of the presidential campaign, Iowa and New Hampshire, have shown Sanders closing in on and, in some cases, surpassing Clinton with Biden in a more distant third place. As Clinton's numbers have dropped, the vice president has been openly mulling a late entry into the race. But he is delaying a decision to allow himself and his family an opportunity to grieve the death of his son Beau to brain cancer.
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The latest Bloomberg survey shows the vice president at par with Sanders in terms of Democratic support nationally. Adding to the good news for the vice president: His favorability ratings are on the rise. Since the last Bloomberg poll in April, Clinton's favorability ratings have dropped 10 points, from 48 percent to 38 percent. Biden's 49 percent favorable score represents a 3-point uptick. He was the only one of a dozen national political figures and entities whose approval rating improved over the summer.
He's been a very good, positive influence on the Obama administration, said Karen Hood, a 63-year-old consulting engineer from Houston, Texas, who said that Biden is her first choice. I think he would help carry on what President Obama has started.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-09-23/bloomberg-poll-joe-biden-now-top-presidential-choice-for-1-in-4-democrats
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Bloomberg Poll: Joe Biden Now Top Presidential Choice for 1 in 4 Democrats [View all]
Purveyor
Sep 2015
OP
What does it say for Sanders campaign that he's losing to someone that's not running?
Renew Deal
Sep 2015
#1
There are many, many people looking for an alternative to Clinton and Biden would fill that bill.
Purveyor
Sep 2015
#5
You ignore the biggest issue that the so-called "far left" has and that is HIS bankruptcy bill...
cascadiance
Sep 2015
#18
And I would ad that if he does get in the race the same media who is giving him phrase
bigdarryl
Sep 2015
#17
Bernie and HRC fan clubs will downplay your OP, but he seems to have the best crossover appeal
LettuceSea
Sep 2015
#6
Hillary's unstoppable train is burdened with an overflowing baggage car and stuck in reverse.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2015
#13