Hill-HarrisX poll: Biden w/ 41% of 2016 Clinton supporters. Sanders w/ 39% of his 2016 support

[highplainsdem]

Some extra details from yesterday's Hill-Harris X poll in this article published yesterday:

https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/445242-poll-almost-half-of-former-hillary-clinton-supporters-are

In a Hill-HarrisX survey of registered voters who identified as Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents who backed Clinton, Biden was named by 41 percent as their pick to be the party's 2020 presidential nominee.

Biden's finished far ahead of second-place finisher South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg who was named by 9 percent of onetime Clinton supporters.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) each received 8 percent while Clinton's closest 2016 challenger, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), was the pick for 6 percent of the respondents.

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Sanders fared much better among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents who said they opposed Clinton in 2016, but it appears that the Vermont senator may not be as popular among people who had once supported him.

Twenty-seven percent of respondents who said they had previously backed someone other than Clinton said they supported Sanders this time. In the previous Democratic race, Sanders received 43 percent of the primary and caucus ballots that were cast.

Among respondents who said that they had backed Sanders in 2016, 39 percent said they were supporting him this time.

Among those voters who'd opposed Clinton, Biden was in second place with 21% to Sanders' 27%, and Warren in third place with 8%.

[JI7]

1. 2016 was all about demonizing Clinton with bullshit while doing no

vetting of those running against her.

[spooky3]

3. +1

[Cha]

5. It was the

damnedest thing.

[riverine]

2. If only four in ten of his 2016 supporters prefer him now

then Bernie Sanders has no chance.

[wasupaloopa]

4. He will not make it pass Super Tuesday if that late.

Bernie is a good Senator. We need him there.

[Tiggeroshii]

8. At this point, nobody should make it past super tuesday.

Or at least not far past it. We need to unite early because there are far bigger fish to fry. That last presidential cycle was a clusterf#$% never to be repeated again.

[Doodley]

6. Thank God for Joe Biden choosing to run. Without him, Bernie would be leading! We dodged a bullet.

[peggysue2]

7. Yes, we did!

[Tiggeroshii]

9. I suspect many people will make their decisions off of the debates.

I think Bernie's current supporters are close to where his solid base of support is, and I suspect there are many people who are supporting Biden because they know him best, and will likely turn to candidates like Mayor Pete, Buttigieg, Warren, etc -which will make the race a lot closer among those in the lead.

[GulfCoast66]

12. Respectfully disagree.

Don’t bet against Biden in a debate. He’s pretty good at them. He doesn’t spout platitudes which is the worst thing to do in such a personal setting.

Others do.

[Tiggeroshii]

13. I think the reason he didn't make a splash in 2008 is because he isnt the greatest debater

And that will show at these next ones coming up. Or not. We will see

[Gothmog]

10. sanders has lost most of his 2016 voter base

[Fresh_Start]

11. matches what I'm seeing from my facebook family

lots and lots of people who loved Bernie in 2016, don't now

[Tiggeroshii]

14. Lots of people who voted for him in 2016 actually dont know he is running

And have assumed Biden is the only one. The debates will help with that.

[JI7]

15. how do they not know he is running ? i can't see someone like that having any interest

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in politics or even voting, especially in a primary.

and how do they know Biden is running but not Sanders. it just makes no sense.

[BannonsLiver]

19. Yes, there are 25 candidates in the race

But somehow there are Sanders supporters out there who think the only candidate running for the 2020 Democratic Party nomination for president is Joe Biden?

Never mind the fact that the sheer number of candidates has been covered and joked about ad nauseam across every electronic, broadcast and print media platform known to man.

So yes, you are correct. It makes absolutely no sense.

[Maru Kitteh]

16. Well, if they didn't know he was running, they wouldn't show up in the poll now,

would they.

Mmmm hmm.

[BannonsLiver]

18. It's ludicrous on its face.

Yeah, people who supported him in 2016, to the point of perhaps even donating to his campaign, have NO IDEA he is running again.

[BannonsLiver]

17. Oh my

You can’t possibly believe that.

[Cha]

20. Oh really? Didn't BS send

them the memo?

[Cha]

21. I see a lot of that

on Twitter.