This is getting repetitious….
While media types are foaming at the mouth about Beto O’Rourke and the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination race?
Ole’ Joe Biden CONTINUES to be the leader in the polling for the nomination…
He is the guy to beat right now by the long list of possible contenders….
Bernie Sanders comes in second….
As in other national polls?
Biden is ahead of the number 2 in the poll 2 to 1….
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) lead the field of potential Democratic candidates for the 2020 presidential election, according to a poll of likely Iowa caucus-goers released Saturday.
Biden was the first choice of 32 percent of respondents, and Sanders, who finished second in the Democratic primary in 2016, followed with 19 percent.
“This is obviously a warm welcome to some people who are really familiar to caucusgoers in the state,” said J. Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Co., the firm that conducted the poll. “But there’s also some welcoming of newcomers who are only now starting to come to the state and get to know the people who could shape their future.”
Despite the top two candidates being veteran politicians, 36 percent of respondents said that a political “newcomer” is best suited to defeat the President Trump, according to the Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom poll.
The outgoing Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Tx.), who was favored by 11 percent of caucus-goers, may fill that desire. O’Rourke was propelled into the presidential discussion after a close Senate race loss to Ted Cruz (R)….
Note….
Biden….32%
Sanders…19%
O’Rourke…11%
Warren……8%
Harris….5%
O’Rourke HAS zoomed ahead of the large group to sit in the first tier….
Warren has dropped a few….
The surprise is Kamala Harris , the California US Senator, who is the top tier now in most national polls, and could be in a good position in the 2020 primaries with California moving up to March….
The nomination appears to be Biden’s right now….
But he HAS to signal if he is in-fact running….
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