Morning Consult is out with a 4% Mike Bloomberg rating….
That’s the good news…
The bad news?
His disapproval is higher than any other Democrats and Independent Sanders…
At 4% he’d be ahead of most of the lower tier Democrats…
But as one thought?
He’s not really popular with Democrats for many reasons…
Bloomberg maybe try to jump the nomination race by investing heavily in Super Tuesday state’s primaries ….
Money would NOT be an issue for the guy who has a business information company in his name…
- Bloomberg fares about as well as Warren, Sanders and Biden in hypothetical matchup against Trump.
- 25% of Democratic primary voters express unfavorable views of the billionaire, higher than any of the 15 candidates currently in the race.
A sliver of the Democratic electorate is ready for the presidential candidacy of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, according to a new Morning Consult poll, which found him to be as competitive as the party’s current top candidates against President Donald Trump in a hypothetical matchup.
According to the Nov. 8 poll, 4 percent of Democratic primary voters said the billionaire and former Republican would be their first choice for the party’s nomination to take on Trump next year — placing him above 10 candidates currently in the race.
Bloomberg’s initial entrance would do little to disrupt the current state of play, according to the national survey of 2,225 registered voters who indicated they may vote in the Democratic primary or caucus in their state, which had a margin of error of 2 percentage points. At 31 percent, former Vice President Joe Biden held his spot as the race’s front-runner, while Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), with 20 percent and 18 percent, respectively, continue to vie for second.
Bloomberg had initially ruled out a run for the Democratic nomination, but on Friday filed to be on the party’s primary ballot in Alabama, an initial step that would allow him to compete for one of 2020’s “Super Tuesday” states if he does enter the race. …
Note….
The poll has Bernie Sanders back in second place by the margin of the MOE against Elizabeth Warren…
Joe Biden is listed with a double digit lead…
Bloomberg does lead Trump right off the4 bat in the first poll as do 5 other’s…
image …vanityfair…
Bloomberg is essentially positioning himself as an establishment alternative to Biden if he should falter, a possibility that you seem loathe to concede.
There are others to play that role like Amy Klobuchar.Her problem though is she might not have the wherewithal financially to hang on.That of course is no problem for Bloomberg .
So it would seem that Bloomberg’s fate is inextricably tied into Bidens.Biden starts winning primaries?Bloombergs candidacy fritters away.Biden starts collapsing?Bloomberg is in the game.
When Trump entered the race in 2016, his polls were similar to Bloomberg, but Bloomberg is better, and he is more willing to use his money to win.
Bloomberg appears to mostly have similar political positions as Biden. I would think that the upside of Bloomberg is higher than Biden. I could support Biden if he wins the nomination, but I would prefer Bloomberg if it comes down to those two.