New poll reveals the least liked Democrat running for president

[brooklynite]

NBC News

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio just announced his presidential campaign — but it appears a sizable number of Democratic primary voters already have their minds made up about the big city politician.

And many of them aren't fans.

A Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday showed that 35 percent of Democratic primary voters viewed de Blasio unfavorably — the highest figure of any Democrat seeking the 2020 nomination. The next highest unfavorability number was 20 percent, belonging to Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent. However, Sanders' favorability was 73 percent, easily dwarfing de Blasio's 14 percent favorability rating.

At -21, de Blasio was the least liked Democratic candidate by net favorability as well.

[oldsoftie]

1. When he announced, i said "get thee to the back of the line"

[DownriverDem]

2. I'm with Joe

We have to beat trump.

[left-of-center2012]

3. From your link ...

"It's former Vice President Joseph Biden and then there's everyone else,
descending from Sen. Bernie Sanders to Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Sen. Kamala Harris
to a bunch of people most Democrats have never heard of," Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said.

[Tipperary]

4. I wondered why he decided to run at all.

Makes no sense.

[LakeArenal]

5. No surprise here.

Go Joe.

[femmedem]

6. I was surprised to see Biden, Bernie, Castro, Yang, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper and Bullock

were the candidates more heavily supported by nonwhite than by white supporters. Not surprised by Biden's level of support, but surprised that Bernie was the most disproportionately favored by nonwhite voters of the top-polling candidates at 13:21%. (Biden had the most total support in all categories except very liberal, where both Warren and Sanders polled better.)

[LibFarmer]

7. De Blasio saved Bernie

[NurseJackie]

8. ...