Bloomberg surges past Warren into third place in new national poll

[left-of-center2012]

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg surged past Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in the latest nationwide Hill-HarrisX poll, putting him in third place in the field of Democratic presidential candidates.

The survey, released Thursday, showed Bloomberg’s support ticking up 4 percentage points to 11 percent from from a Jan. 13-14 poll. Warren dropped 2 points, to 9 percent. Warren has struggled to rebound nationally after peaking at 19 percent support in October.

But Warren isn’t the only top-tier candidate to slide in the polls ahead of Monday's Iowa caucuses. Progressive rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) dropped 2 points, to 17 percent. Other candidates registering in the single digits included former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, at 5 percent, and businessman Andrew Yang and billionaire Tom Steyer, who each received 4 percent. The rest of the White House hopefuls polled at 2 percent or less.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, meanwhile, maintained a double-digit lead over the field, with 29 percent support.

https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/480721-bloomberg-surges-past-warren-into-third-place-in-new-national-poll

[The Genealogist]

1. I don't watch very much TV but I do watch a lot of YouTube videos

I'd say right now, 3/4 of them have Bloomberg ads in them. The only other candidate I can think of seeing recently in a YouTube ad is Buttigieg. I'm not surprised he has risen in the polls, just on name recognition alone.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

12. And, he's goes after odious oaf in WH. I don't want any of our candidates to play nice; wait until

..general election to pound vile guy---we need a fighter now! Been following his campaign/ad blitz..Bloomberg has what it takes to win-- dinero, poder y ganas [money/power and ballsy/tough.]

[comradebillyboy]

2. I am still amazed at how badly Warren's campain has stalled. Up until October

she ran the very best campaign of all the candidates and I thought she had a very good shot at winning the nomination. I don't know how she regains the lost momentum. Maybe she will surprise us in Iowa.

[bearsfootball516]

3. MFA really hurt her.

Once it took center stage, she started sinking.

[comradebillyboy]

6. She tried to make sense of Bernie's plan, but no one can

makes sense of Bernie's plans. She waded out too far into the weeds.

[femmedem]

13. I don't think it was solely MFA; it was more her response to a question about MFA in a debate.

She was asked about raising taxes to fund MFA and, understandably not wanting to give Republicans a clip they could run out of context, declined to say yes or no, only saying that that peoples' households would be better off. (I'm paraphrasing.) When the moderator pushed her to answer more definitively, she didn't. She was in a damned if she did, damned if she didn't situation, but I think she would have been better off being direct.

If it was strictly MFA, Bernie wouldn't be rising in the polls.

[LovingLife]

4. Grain of salt - OLD Poll

I really wonder why they do this. Yes -the article is new. But read the poll itself up top and it says, "This survey was conducted online within the United States from January 20-22, 2020". This poll is not relevant when considering recent polls.

[left-of-center2012]

5. "The survey, released Thursday ..."

It was released today.

[highplainsdem]

9. The Ipsos/Reuters poll done yesterday and today has Bloomberg in 3rd place, Warren 2 points behind:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287458301

[Gothmog]

7. The 15% rule will be affected by this

Link to tweet

[highplainsdem]

8. The new (Jan. 29-30) Ipsos/Reuters poll has Bloomberg in 3rd place, too:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287458301

[helpisontheway]

10. I would prefer Bloomberg over Sanders/Warren...yeah his

stop and frisk pisses me off. However, we have zero chance to win with Sanders/Warren. They are too extreme. I want Biden first. Then Klobuchar next. Then Bloomberg. Then maybe Mayor Pete.

[squirecam]

11. You have Bloomberg twice

Did you mean Steyer?