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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

highplainsdem

(52,392 posts)
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 07:35 PM Mar 2020

Fox News Poll: Biden leads Trump, wins high marks for female VP pledge (Biden 49 Trump 40)

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-biden-leads-trump-wins-high-marks-for-female-vp-pledge


Former Vice President Joe Biden bests President Donald Trump by nine points in a 2020 ballot test, in the first Fox News Poll since Biden became the de facto Democratic nominee.

In a head-to-head presidential matchup, Biden is up by 49-40 percent over Trump, a lead that is outside the poll’s margin of sampling error. Another 11 percent would vote for someone else or are undecided. Last month, Biden was ahead by 49-41 percent.

The race remains a nine-point advantage for Biden over Trump when looking only at those voters extremely interested in the election (52-43 percent) and the former vice president has an eight-point edge in battleground states (48-40 percent).

However, Biden’s advantage grows to 25 points, 57-32 percent, in close counties (where Hillary Clinton and Trump were within 10 points in 2016).

-snip-



Biden's commitment to choose a woman as his running mate is VERY popular -- 63% approve, only 20% disapprove, 17% unsure. No gender gap, but this is more popular among those under 45 (70% compared to 60% with older voters). 86% of Democrats approve.


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Fox News Poll: Biden leads Trump, wins high marks for female VP pledge (Biden 49 Trump 40) (Original Post) highplainsdem Mar 2020 OP
My heart says it isn't even that close. LakeArenal Mar 2020 #1
That kind of thinking is dangerous Polybius Mar 2020 #19
No I don't Mr Sanders. LakeArenal Mar 2020 #20
No one is talking about Sanders but you Polybius Mar 2020 #21
Keep avoiding the truth. You post a huge Sanders right in your post. LakeArenal Mar 2020 #22
You can bookmark this all you like Polybius Mar 2020 #23
You are right still_one Mar 2020 #26
+1 and Bernie needs to drop out ASAP and endorse with all his heart so we do not take chances Celerity Mar 2020 #28
57-32 TwilightZone Mar 2020 #2
Quinnipiac BidenBacker Mar 2020 #6
True, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #9
Precisely, Mag BidenBacker Mar 2020 #11
I Agree, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #12
LOL BidenBacker Mar 2020 #14
Nicely put. tavernier Mar 2020 #17
Trump's veneer and/or fig leaf of being a great self-made billionaire has evaporated NCProgressive Mar 2020 #15
Makes sense. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #10
Many/most states BidenBacker Mar 2020 #13
As they say on You Tube "recent events in the news" gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #3
Move on up! ucrdem Mar 2020 #4
All the groups that came through against Bernie still polling strong for November. Scurrilous Mar 2020 #5
The swingy counties are breaking heavily for Biden/Democrats. John Fante Mar 2020 #7
Yep...ignore the improvement in approval rating DrToast Mar 2020 #8
Extremely Important DarthDem Mar 2020 #16
I wish they would focus polling on the critical swing states. honest.abe Mar 2020 #18
K&R Tarheel_Dem Mar 2020 #24
This is a delusional thread Awsi Dooger Mar 2020 #25
we have to work like we are 20 points behind questionseverything Mar 2020 #27
 

LakeArenal

(29,813 posts)
1. My heart says it isn't even that close.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 07:38 PM
Mar 2020

Biden 60 trump 38.

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Polybius

(17,868 posts)
19. That kind of thinking is dangerous
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 12:49 PM
Mar 2020

We have to run like we're behind.

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

LakeArenal

(29,813 posts)
20. No I don't Mr Sanders.
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 01:11 PM
Mar 2020

I’m positive Positivity is just as valuable as the buzz kill Sanders supporters like to perpetrate.

I think Sanders is dangerous at this point.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Polybius

(17,868 posts)
21. No one is talking about Sanders but you
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 01:55 PM
Mar 2020

Keep thinking you're winning by 22 points.

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

LakeArenal

(29,813 posts)
22. Keep avoiding the truth. You post a huge Sanders right in your post.
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 02:03 PM
Mar 2020

And yes I’m happy to retain positivity.

Be done with me okay. Your points will never persuade me. You seriously are a negative Sanders supporter. There is no room for your downerness for me.

Yippee. Joe is gonna be our nominee and he’s gonna crush trump in November.
Just as he’s crushing Bernie Sanders.

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Polybius

(17,868 posts)
23. You can bookmark this all you like
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 02:06 PM
Mar 2020

But no one is winning by 22 points. It will be a very close election. I'll bookmark it myself and come back the day after the election to either say you were right or "where did the 22 point spread go?"

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Undecided
 

Celerity

(46,233 posts)
28. +1 and Bernie needs to drop out ASAP and endorse with all his heart so we do not take chances
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 11:36 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)
2. 57-32
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 07:39 PM
Mar 2020

That's unbelievable. Independents must be bailing on Trump en masse, even some of the right-leaners.

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BidenBacker

(1,089 posts)
6. Quinnipiac
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 07:50 PM
Mar 2020

released a detailed poll a coupla weeks ago that had Biden up 52-34 against the Fuhrer among Indies. Wouldn't be surprised if it ended up 60-40 come November. We're looking at a blowout if we got those kinda numbers in the GE.

I think one reason why Drumpf's approval remains pretty high in the GOP is because many Republicans who can't stand the guy end up leaving the party and becoming Independents.

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The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
9. True, Sir
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 08:19 PM
Mar 2020

There has been real attrition in the Republican ranks. A good many people who thought 'how bad could it be?' or 'well, let's see what he does' now have their answer, and will not make the same mistake again. Sometimes I find myself reading a blind posted item, nodding in agreement, and finding it was written by Jenifer Ruben, or even Max Boot. Rick Wilson is damned near one of the tribe, even Bill Kristol makes sense more often than not nowadays. Does it well beyond the 'even a blind chicken pecks up a little corn' level.

We are going to need these people this year. Sanders repels them. Any appreciable concession to Sanders will mark us in the eyes of many as weak, and make them less willing to align with us. They mostly won't vote for Trump still, but they may just sit on their hands and not vote at all.






From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

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BidenBacker

(1,089 posts)
11. Precisely, Mag
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 08:35 PM
Mar 2020

And we could add to that list you started...Nichole Wallace, Steve Schmidt, Joe Scarborough, David Jolly, Richard Painter to name a few more...and that's just a short list on a single cable TV channel. These are "professional" Republicans who are diehard conservatives, so if that many are bailing it makes you wonder just how many regular rank-and-file average Joes are doing the same.

I'm under no illusions that these folks are suddenly all left-wing libbies who have seen the light...but they sure have seen the darkness that emanates from Trump and what he's turned the GOP into, and they want no part of it. Interesting thing is just as their defection has made me realize that not every con is the devil in disguise (just maybe 95% of 'em!) it seems to me that they also have come to realize that not all Democrats are socialists hellbent on confiscating their entire net worth. So I welcome them all as allies even if the arrangement turns out to be a temporary one.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
12. I Agree, Sir
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 08:43 PM
Mar 2020

Our customary squabbles may resume when the alien invasion is seen off....

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BidenBacker

(1,089 posts)
14. LOL
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 08:45 PM
Mar 2020

just like Independence Day.

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NCProgressive

(1,315 posts)
15. Trump's veneer and/or fig leaf of being a great self-made billionaire has evaporated
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:48 PM
Mar 2020

in 2016, people only knew him from the scripted "Apprentice" - now they know what an incompetent and narcissistic idiot he is.

If Bernie surrogates don't keep defecating on Democrats, Biden could win 40 states or more.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)
10. Makes sense.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 08:22 PM
Mar 2020

It would be interesting to see if the percentage of voters who self-ID as Republicans is dropping. I think you're right in that it is.

Also agreed on the blowout. 9% may not sound like much to many, but it's huge in a GE. Obama won by 7% vs. McCain and racked up 365 electoral votes.

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BidenBacker

(1,089 posts)
13. Many/most states
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 08:44 PM
Mar 2020

have websites that you can visit where they list the current registration by party and also you can go back in time to see how it's changed over the months and years. It would be interesting to go back for some and see if Republican registration has indeed fallen off and Independent registration has gone up, but I haven't been sufficiently motivated to check it out yet. I did notice that Arizona recently updated their registration numbers and while Rs remained about the same Indies went down about 1% and Dems went up the same amount. So my gut says in many of these states registrations might be slowly shifting to the left which would be a hopeful sign.

Indies make up around 40% of the electorate on a national level so if Joe wound up with a 20-point advantage that would represent an 8% advantage in his favor just among that group which like you said is huge. But of course that is national and states are what really matter and each state has a different D to R to I ratio.

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gibraltar72

(7,629 posts)
3. As they say on You Tube "recent events in the news"
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 07:43 PM
Mar 2020

Are opening a hell of a lot of eyes.

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Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
5. All the groups that came through against Bernie still polling strong for November.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 07:47 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
7. The swingy counties are breaking heavily for Biden/Democrats.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 08:11 PM
Mar 2020

This is a bludgeoning.

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DrToast

(6,414 posts)
8. Yep...ignore the improvement in approval rating
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 08:12 PM
Mar 2020
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DarthDem

(5,364 posts)
16. Extremely Important
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:12 AM
Mar 2020

Thanks, Nate, for emphasizing this.

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honest.abe

(9,238 posts)
18. I wish they would focus polling on the critical swing states.
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 09:22 AM
Mar 2020

National polling isn’t that helpful in determining who might win.

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Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
25. This is a delusional thread
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 11:09 PM
Mar 2020

There is no such thing as a 9 point lead nationally or 25 point lead in swing counties. Both numbers are insulting to anyone who understands the real world distribution among one demographic after another, and the enormous benefit of incumbency.

I am amazed anyone here is swallowing this stuff. If we defeat Donald Trump it will be by life and death whisker.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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