Biden tops 2020 Iowa presidential poll, Sanders gains momentum

[Soph0571]

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden topped a poll of Iowa voters on Saturday that also showed Senator Bernie Sanders gaining momentum against him in the No. 2 spot.

Biden, who has not announced whether he is running in the 2020 election, is the first choice for president of likely Iowa Democratic caucus-goers with 27 percent in the Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll. Sanders, 77, got 25 percent.

“If I’m Joe Biden sitting on the fence and I see this poll, this might make me want to jump in,” J. Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Co, which conducted the poll, told the Des Moines Register.
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Nearly 65 percent of the voters said Biden, 76, who was also a U.S. senator first elected in 1972, has more experience than any other candidate and should enter the race, while 31 percent said his time as a candidate has passed.

[link:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-poll/biden-tops-2020-iowa-presidential-poll-sanders-gains-momentum-idUSKBN1QR02K|

I don't wish to sound like a harpy - but it is 2019 and yet we still see two old white dudes at the top of the polling..... *sigh*

[still_one]

1. The caucus is a discriminatory joke

[workinclasszero]

2. Sanders gains momentum?

Over someone who has not said he is running for President?

No media bias there huh?

The reality is Bernie Sanders is the clear front runner by a mile for the democratic nomination!

[SharonClark]

3. No media bias. It's just name recognition at this point.

[Garrett78]

4. LOL

The main impact Sanders may have is preventing Warren, Inslee and some others from being able to make it to Super Tuesday.

Super Tuesday: AL, CA, MA, MN (no longer a caucus state), NC, OK, TN, TX, VT, VA

March 7: LA

March 10: MI, MS, MO, OH

March 17: AZ, FL, IL

And CO (no longer a caucus state) will vote sometime between Super Tuesday and March 17.

I don't see how this can possibly go well for Sanders. Again, this ain't going to be a 1-on-1 race against someone made out to be Cruella de Vil. Sanders is in trouble after New Hampshire.

[R B Garr]

5. How can you speak of "reality" when you have to alter

the most basic information like the TITLE.

TITLE: Biden tops 2020 Iowa presidential poll