Biden edges higher atop field of 2020 Democrats: poll

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former Vice President Joe Biden increased his lead atop a crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates by 2 points, a new poll finds.

Biden now has the support of 33 percent of Democratic primary voters across the nation, according to the Morning Consult survey, 13 points above the next-most popular candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

Rounding out the top five are Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) at 15 percent, followed by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) at 8 percent and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 5 percent, the poll shows.

Among early voters in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina or Nevada, Biden maintains a 16-point lead over Sanders, who is followed by Warren, Harris and billionaire Tom Steyer, according to Morning Consult.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-edges-higher-atop-field-of-2020-democrats-poll/ar-AAGoCxP?li=BBnb7Kz

[bluewater]

1. The online MornigConsult Poll has been consistently strong for Biden.

The polls are what the polls are.

Being an online poll of preselected voters that is surveyed over and over again, MorningConsult is able to release these polls AT LEAST every week.

There have been FIVE, that's 5, MorningConsult Polls included in AUGUST ALONE in the RCP Polls Tracker. This gives this poll's results considerable influence compared to live caller polls that are barely conducted once every month or two.

EDIT: Um, no it doesn't! A poster just pointed out where its possible to see which polls are currently used in the average and that only the most recent poll from a pollster is selected at a time.

So, the polling AVERAGE is what the polling AVERAGE is.

As of this morning, front runner Biden has 28% AVERAGE support in the RCP Polls Tracker.

That is down from the 29.3% AVERAGE support back on April 25th when he announced his candidacy.

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

[LincolnRossiter]

2. The average doesn't incorporate more than one of a particular poll at a time.

So it doesn’t really give morning consult any outsized influence. Every time a new morning consult poll is added, the last one drops off.

[bluewater]

3. You are correct! Thanks for pointing that out.

I just checked, since you mentioned it, that the previously highlighted MorningConsult Poll was unhighlighted in the fuller listing.

Thanks again.

[LincolnRossiter]

4. No worries.

[BannonsLiver]

7. Thanks for the unskewing!

For a second there I thought we might have been dealing with a legitimate poll showing Biden ahead but those fears have been allayed.

Praise be to the knowledgeable!

[bluewater]

8. the polls are what the polls are!

[Lordquinton]

10. It also means that they can release a once a week poll

that shows the same thing over and over, with it being a new headline, but not new information.

[Cha]

5. KR! Thank you, Yo!

[Demsrule86]

6. Thanks for posting this...he is going to win and deliver us from Trump AKA ...the 'king of the Jews'

Trump is no 'king' of any sort...just nuts.

[Cha]

9. KICK!