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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,372 posts)
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 01:39 PM Mar 2020

Biden leads Sanders by 2-to-1 margin among Democratic primary voters

WASHINGTON — With the Democratic nomination race now down to a one-on-one contest between former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Democratic primary voters now back Biden — who was a distant second to Sanders just one month ago — by an overwhelming two-to-one margin, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

The survey found that 61 percent of Democratic voters support Biden, while just 32 back Sanders. Four percent choose Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who has not yet dropped out of the race despite failing to finish in the top three in any U.S. state primary or caucus to date.

Biden’s surge of more than 45 percentage points in four weeks shows how quickly he became the consensus choice of Democratic voters as the field narrowed down to just two major candidates. The NBC News/WSJ poll in February, which was conducted before Biden’s decisive win in the South Carolina primary changed the trajectory of the race, found Sanders besting Biden 27 percent to 15 percent, while candidates who have since dropped out — former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar — split the remainder of the vote.

Each of those candidates except Warren has since thrown their support behind Biden.

https://news.yahoo.com/biden-leads-sanders-2-1-130413822.html

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Biden leads Sanders by 2-to-1 margin among Democratic primary voters (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 OP
re: "Gabbard...failing to finish in the top three in any U.S. state primary or caucus to date." thesquanderer Mar 2020 #1
That will look impressive on her CV or inside the dust jacket of her next book. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #2
KR! Cha Mar 2020 #3
 

thesquanderer

(12,347 posts)
1. re: "Gabbard...failing to finish in the top three in any U.S. state primary or caucus to date."
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 01:56 PM
Mar 2020

Well now that there are only three candidates, maybe she'll finally finish in the top three!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
2. That will look impressive on her CV or inside the dust jacket of her next book.
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 02:02 PM
Mar 2020

"In addition to (list of accomplishment), Ms. Gabbard was the third-runner-up in the 2020 Democratic Primary (blah-blah-blah)."

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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