Bloomberg surges past Warren into third place in new national poll

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

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.

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.

Warren has struggled to rebound nationally after peaking at 19 percent support in October.

This, more or less, is why we can't have nice things.

[jalan48]

1. Big money nervous about Biden?

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3. Sigh.

That response is the other reason we can't have nice things

[jalan48]

4. How true-we're broke!!

[reACTIONary]

8. +10 nt

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

11. But, if we combine all progressive support around Bernie, we CAN have nice things!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

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14. But I don't like or trust Sanders, and I don't think he would be a good President

I think he would do more to hinder the progressive agenda as President than to help it. So, no, I do not want him to be the nominee.

[reACTIONary]

17. Even worse, he might not become president. nt

[Devil Child]

2. Depressing news n/t

[phandancer917]

5. Just proves.,...

....that the majority of people are easily led...

Though I will vote for ANYONE running against the Orange Emperor -- I would hope it will be Warren, Sanders, Buttigieg or Klobuchar.

And Hakeem Jefferies as VP!!!

[Scotch-Irish]

15. Those are my choices too, phandancer917.

We need a candidate that builds a fire under us.

[Hortensis]

20. Just can't agree. We really need a good, competent president.

Trump builds fires. Sarah Palin was a good fire-builder. Like her, self aggrandizement by being an inspiring speaker is the one genuine talent I've identified in Sanders, but he has no achievements to indicate he could come through with anything. The job isn't flying around to arenas talking all the time, even if Trump thinks so.

Now, Warren's a bit of a fire-builder with real capability and substance (!), but she never caught fire and has mostly smoked out.

So that's it if we want fire builders? Those are our choices to pander to people who really need their butts kicked, not set on fire? Trump and Sanders?

Just don't see it.

[Reader Rabbit]

6. This makes my gorge rise.

Nothing personal against Bloomberg, but I'm really sick of living in a country that hates women and fetishizes the rich.

[rurallib]

7. In America you can grow up to buy the presidency

if you are a white male.

[backtoblue]

18. +

Yep

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9. OK Bloomer!

I'm OK with it.

[guillaumeb]

10. Money is equated with speech.

Bloomberg has a lot of speech.

[calguy]

12. I'm not supporting Bloomberg,

but he'd be a hell of a lot better than trump. I'm still backing Joe, because Joe is hands down the best man to repair our country. Electing Bloomberg to replace Trump sets a bad pattern of electing who ever pays the most money to get into the office. Not good.

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13. I would vote for a red-throated stench vulture with a D after its name, happily

There's even some things I like about Bloomberg, particularly the fact that his hatred towards Donald Trump is long-standing, visceral, and personal. This is a good thing. But FFS.

[texasfiddler]

16. I will vote blue no matter who

However, I do believe Biden will emotionally connect with more people in the long run. His campaign strategy ( in my humble opinion) is the best to defeat trump. I have watched all of the major candidates and Joe gets it. Trump won by using emotional marketing to appeal to people’s dark side. Biden is focusing on the kitchen table issues and using emotional marketing to appeal to our better character. I think the time and situation is right for this approach. He will properly exploit Trump fatigue and anxiety. Not every election wants a disrupter.

[stopbush]

19. Bloomberg hasn't lost a step. I believe that Biden will not look good in a debate

between himself and Bloomberg.

[texasfiddler]

22. Don't get me wrong

I’m very open to Bloomberg.

[LanternWaste]

23. I believe in a debate, Joe would mop the floor with Blooms

[denem]

21. Harris X