Biden maintains national lead after December debate: poll

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Former Vice President Joe Biden maintained his national lead in the polls after the December debate, according to a poll released Monday. The Morning Consult poll for this week showed Biden with 31 percent support for the second week in a row, after rising 2 percentage points since the beginning of December. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) ranked as the runner-up with 21 percent support.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg kept third and fourth place with 15 percent and 9 percent, respectively.

Following them, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg earned 6 percent support, entrepreneur Andrew Yang got 5 percent, and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and philanthropist Tom Steyer each received 3 percent.

Yang, Klobuchar and Steyer all saw increases in favorability following the Democratic debate, but the front-runners stood their ground. Sanders and Biden have the highest favorability with 74 percent and 71 percent, respectively.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/475792-biden-maintains-national-lead-after-december-debate-poll

[DownriverDem]

1. Focus

Who can win enough states to beat trump? Our candidate has to appeal to more than Democrats. I'm not looking for someone I like, but rather someone who can win in November 2020.

[PatSeg]

2. Me too

AND I happen to really like Joe Biden, so it is a win-win for me!

[redqueen]

5. Why not both?

😁✌️

[Scurrilous]

3. K&R

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4. KR!

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. K&R

[Joe941]

7. Yet I hear Bernie is doing so poorly a d should drop out...

Humm.

[Cha]

8. KICK!

[OldRed2450]

9. Biden can help us maybe take the Senate.

[The Valley Below]

10. Go Joe!

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11. Good!