** New ** Virginia Poll - Biden 23%, Warren 9%, Sanders 9%, Harris 5%, Buttigieg 4%

[Skya Rhen]

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Former Vice President Joe Biden holds a substantial lead over his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination in Virginia, according to a new University of Mary Washington statewide survey.

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Among male registered voters, Biden received the support of 24 percent as compared to 10 percent for Sanders and 9 percent for Warren. Among women, Biden also finished first, with 22 percent support as compared to 10 percent for Warren and 7 percent for Sanders.

White registered voters favored Biden by a margin of 19 percent to 11 percent for Warren and 7 percent for Sanders. African Americans favored Biden by a margin of 39 percent versus 12 percent for Sanders, 11 percent for Harris, 6 percent for Yang and 4 percent for Warren. There were too few members of other racial or ethnic groups in the survey to generate meaningful differences in support for the candidates.


Survey Information:
The University of Mary Washington’s Virginia Survey Fall 2019 included telephone interviews with a representative sample of 1,009 adults, ages 18 or older, living in Virginia. Telephone interviews were conducted by landline (293) and cell phone (716). The survey was conducted by Research America Inc. Interviews were done in English from Sept. 3 to 15, 2019. Statistical results are weighted to correct known demographic discrepancies. The margin of sampling error for the complete set of weighted data is ±3.1 percentage points (N=1,009) and ±3.3 percentage points for the subsample of registered voters (N=882).


https://www.umw.edu/news/2019/09/27/biden-leads-democratic-nomination-in-virginia-umw-survey-finds/

[FloridaBlues]

1. Yes! Keep it going VP Biden.

[LincolnRossiter]

4. Virginia, with its mix of govt employees, military (large minority community in the military), and

educated black voters should be Biden country.

[Hoyt]

2. Being in the lead is a good sign, but that's a lot of undecided voters.

[customerserviceguy]

8. That's the first thing I noticed

I was just in Virginia a bit less than a week ago, and I saw absolutely no bumper stickers, signs, etc. concerning the presidential race. I didn't even see more than a couple of signs regarding the election they're going to have in just over a month from now.

I think that's an East Coast thing, when I lived in WA state, everybody had signs out for months before an election. I haven't even noticed anything except Steyer TV ads and Gabbard billboards in SC for the upcoming primary.

[LincolnRossiter]

3. So like 50% undecided?

At this point? I'm an adopted Virginian, and we're usually more dialed in than that.

[ritapria]

5. I've never seen a poll with that many undecided

I'm not surprised Biden is ahead . ….. He's very strong amongst African- Americans

[Thekaspervote]

6. Yeah Joe!! Go go go

[DrFunkenstein]

7. Not Quite Adding Up to 100% There

Is this some sort of joke?

[NurseJackie]

9. How humiliating. This is very bad news for Bernie. The writing is on the wall...

How humiliating. This is very bad news for Bernie. The writing is on the wall, and it's very clear that he will not be our party's nominee.

[Blue_true]

10. Seems like a huge number are undecided.

When coupled with an earlier poll showing all top democrats crushing Trump in Virginia, it says that Dem primary voters are choosing to wait before choosing a candidate.

[oasis]

11. ImWithJoe.....K and R

[Yoopy]

12. Obscure, mediocre pollster

Would like to see a poll by a reputable pollster.
By the way, the poll was conducted September 3-15.

[Tarheel_Dem]

13. It's called the Southern Firewall.