A piece of advice from someone at Costco.. stop saying

[Peacetrain]

that people only choose a candidate because they recognize their name.. Ran into a church member at Costco, and we discussed the debates.. she is a supporter of VP Biden.. and is pretty ticked.. seems that the new meme by the chattering classes on TV that the only reason so many POC have chosen VP Biden is because of name recognition only .. Trust me.. at this point, people know who is running.. and it is insulting to accuse people of choosing someone because of that..

Someone, somewhere grab people and tell them to stop digging that hole.. its is plenty deep enough.. if people do not agree with you about a candidate, it does not mean that they are clueless.. it is not because they are somehow "ignorant" (my church members choice of words)..

[Kurt V.]

1. its not the sole reason he is the front runner but...

NAME RECOGNITION IS PROVEN SCIENCE. good grief

[wyldwolf]

3. Apparently Bernie Sanders is a scientific anomaly.

Bernie Sanders' name recognition is just a smidgen below than Biden's but it hasn't helped him much if at all.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/biden-and-bernies-support-isnt-just-name-recognition/

[Kurt V.]

5. sanders is polling second. correct?

[wyldwolf]

7. Incorrect. He's polling 4th in the latest. Three times less than Biden

[crazytown]

10. RCP National Average 8/1 Biden 32.0, Sanders 16.4, Warren 14.8, Harris 11.0, Buttigieg 5.6

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html

Averages are generally less biased.

[wyldwolf]

14. This week's Quinnipiac University Poll isn't in that average

Biden, Warren, Harris, Sanders

[crazytown]

15. Yes the Quinnipiac poll is in that RCP average

And is followed by the later polls including
Emerson Biden 33, Sanders 20, Warren 14, Harris 11.

Quinnipiac sampled 7/25-28
Emerson sample 7/27-29

Sanders has never dipped to third place on the RCP Averages (unfortunately)

[Kurt V.]

11. ok 3rd. i just checked 6 polls , one still has him 2nd. like i said , name recognition isn't

the sole reason but it absolutely does matter.

[wyldwolf]

13. This week's Quinnipiac University Poll

Joe Biden 34

Elizabeth Warren 15

Kamala Harris 12

Bernie Sanders 11

http://pollingreport.com/2020wh_d.htm

[Cha]

4. Good grief yourself.

[Kurt V.]

8. 😝. cha , your one of my favorites. thats the truth.

[Hortensis]

16. Lol. Fact is, VP Biden has" everything" recognition.

Not just name. People felt they KNEW Joe Biden long before he announced, and have for decades, and for the most part that's pretty much the case. For most people, other candidates are still mostly or entirely blank screens instead of ones filled with memories and information, but not him.

Beyond recognition, many millions of people like and are comfortable with this guy they feel they know well enough to trust. VP Biden is a statesman, the only one in the running, and he is a very significant legacy of President Obama that Trump has not been able to destroy.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Some guy said

[Wounded Bear]

9. Yes, no way is that as reliable as "some people said"...

[Cha]

6. We know pundits.. m$media types.. they

like to pigeon hole and muck up everything.

Thanks for reporting on real life people, Peacetrain

[elocs]

12. Name recognition...it sure doesn't hurt. n/t

[Garrett78]

17. Name recognition is the single most significant factor at this early juncture.

That's the reality.

[Peacetrain]

18. Believe it or not.. we are past the early phase.. people are settling in

[Skittles]

20. WE are

the non political following folk of America? NOT YET

[Garrett78]

21. A fraction of the electorate is paying close attention at this point. We're 6 months away from Iowa.

Democratic Underground isn't even remotely reflective of the electorate as a whole. Even here at DU there are people saying they didn't know Mike Gravel had been seeking the nomination. Hell, there are people saying they had never heard of him, in spite of the fact he ran in 2008, as well.

[GulfCoast66]

19. If that's the case, and I don't doubt it...

Actually being a long time democrat apparently matters as well...

[JI7]

22. it's both. Name recognition matters because people are more likely to support you if they know you

BUT they still have to like you.


Look at Bernie sanders and how low his support is even though he is the only other candidate on the same level as Biden with name recognition .