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Nate SIlver: If You're Polling In The Low Single Digits, You're Probably Toast
FiveThirtyEightYesterday, I wrote about the middle and upper echelons of the Democratic field: those candidates who are polling in the mid-single-digits or higher. You can certainly posit a rough order of which of these candidates are more likely to win the nomination. Id much rather wager a few shekels on Joe Biden than Pete Buttigieg, for instance. But I dont think theres any hard-and-fast distinction between the top tier and the next-runners-up.
For candidates outside of that group those polling in the low single digits, or worse I have less welcome news. I dont really care which order you place them in, because unless they turn it around soon, theyre probably toast.
In this article, Im mostly referring to Cory Booker, Beto ORourke, Julian Castro and Amy Klobuchar, who Ill refer to as the BOCK candidates (Booker/ORourke/Castro/Klobuchar) for short. Some of this also applies to candidates (e.g. Michael Bennet) who didnt make this weeks debate at all, although theyre in even worse shape. Im not counting Andew Yang as part of this group, however. Hes actually polling slightly better than the BOCKs, despite lower name recognition, and is more of a sui generis case.
Subjectively speaking, the BOCK group is a reasonably interesting and well-qualified set of candidates. At times, Ive thought various members of this group were poised for a breakout. (I also thought some of them, such as Klobuchar, would come out of the gate stronger when they initially launched their campaigns.) If you fast forwarded to next July and one of these candidates Booker, say was accepting the Democatic nomination in Milwaukee, it wouldnt be that surprising on some level. They have the sort of profile that resembles those of past presidential nominees.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Nate SIlver: If You're Polling In The Low Single Digits, You're Probably Toast (Original Post)
brooklynite
Sep 2019
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yaesu
(8,020 posts)1. my only question is
is there an omelet served with that toast?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Peacetrain
(22,875 posts)2. It is post Labor Day.. first caucus is is only 5 months away
it is getting pretty obvious who the top 5 are.. and some will have to make a hard decision..
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden