ABC News/Wash Post once again shows Biden doing best against Trump - leads him by 10 points.

[Drunken Irishman]

Biden runs away with the general election head-to-head as other Democrats struggle to either break even with Trump or beat him head-to-head.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/aided-by-a-strong-economy-trump-approval-rises-but-a-majority-also-see-him-as-unpresidential/2019/07/04/c9c42c54-9d9f-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html?utm_term=.c386275744ab

Biden leads Trump 53-43
Harris leads Trump 48-46
Sanders leads Trump 49-48
Warren is tied with Trump 48-48
Buttigieg is tied with Trump 47-47

[wasupaloopa]

1. It's early very very early

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Still relevant numbers.

Especially for candidates like Warren and Sanders, who are very well known, and yet are barely ahead against Trump.

[JI7]

5. i don't think Warren is. it will be interesting to see Warren and Biden on the same debate stage

Sanders was asked about his education plan and couldn't answer.

[qazplm135]

29. No not really

And Warren is not very well known.

[Drunken Irishman]

31. Yes she is.

And yes they are relevant.

[qazplm135]

32. lol

wishing doesn't make it so.

[Drunken Irishman]

33. Nope but facts do...

Warren is the third most known candidate among Democratic voters, only behind Sanders and Biden. It only reasons she's polling higher too among all voters.

Unless you can offer up proof to your initial claim, I'm going to say it's you who's wishing.

https://www.businessinsider.com/most-least-well-known-democratic-candidates-among-democratic-voters-2019-5

[qazplm135]

34. Democratic voters

not ALL voters.

Nice try.

[Drunken Irishman]

39. Did you read my post? Or are you just set on replying snidely?

Let me quote it again for you:

Warren is the third most known candidate among Democratic voters, only behind Sanders and Biden. It only reasons she's polling higher too among all voters.

Unless you can point me to a poll where Warren's name recognition is well below where you'd think it would be for her to be in this tight of a race, then I'll just concede you're the one who is wishing it to be true.

The fact is, the gap between Biden and the rest of the Democrats can't be ignored. It shows two things: 1) Biden does universally better than even well-known Democrats like Bernie Sanders and 2) Unlike in 2015, where both Sanders and Hillary polled similarly against Trump, there is a legitimate gap - and has been a gap head-to-head in most polls - between Biden and the rest of the field.

Moreover, you're the one who said Warren was not very well known. Okay. Back that comment up with some facts then.

[Skya Rhen]

4. Ok

[Demsrule86]

25. Biden will beat Trump the rest will not...polls clearly show this...so do we want to win or not.

If Trump is re-elected, and the blue wall is not rebuilt we are looking at possibly a decade as in the 80's without winning a presidential race...we have no path without a moderate candidate and a rebuilt blue wall...It is clearly shown in the electoral college maps.We are in a desperate situation here.

[Skya Rhen]

3. Clearly, the one with a 10 point lead is more electable than the one with a 2 point lead.

The math doesn't lie...

[Kahuna7]

17. One would think!

[Cha]

6. KR! And, this is one reason

I like Biden for the job.. that and his qualifications and Experience:

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. This is why I had hoped that certain candidates wouldn't continue to try to paint Biden as a racist.

I'm still fairly confident that, despite all the arrows coming at him from the left & the right, Biden will be the nominee. The question people have to ask is just how much they want to damage him for a potential run against tRump. Keep in mind that a damaged nominee most likely won't have significant coattails, and that would be a disaster up & down the ballot. For the sake of the party, I hope certain candidates have gotten it out of their system so we can move forward in a more positive direction.

[oasis]

19. On the next debate stage, one of the candidates should request

a show of hands and pledge to stick to issues important to the American people.

[Tarheel_Dem]

40. Agreed. n/t

[motorcity]

8. Clinton 59%, Trump 34% (CNN poll 4 yrs ago)

“Electability” can sure change, huh?

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2015/images/06/30/trumpbushclinton.pdf

[Drunken Irishman]

11. Yes and polls this far out in 2011 had Romney losing to Obama...

...and in 2003, Kerry was losing to Bush. Comparing polling with a candidate Trump to polls where he's the incumbent is just silly. Moreover, by September, 2015, Clinton's lead dropped to where it would remain throughout most 2016. So even then, we're not far off from when the polls started aligning to what they would look like throughout the remainder of the campaign.

[chwaliszewski]

9. The most important poll, IMHO...

is head to head against the short-fingered vulgarian in the battleground states. That's where the election will be won or lost. Historically, the blue states and red states will maintain their colors. Show me the polling data for MI, PA, FL, VA, OH, etc.

[Skya Rhen]

22. They are coming and, without a doubt, Biden will lead in every single one of them - no doubt!

[Cha]

10. Joe Biden Tweeted on May 23, 2019..

Link to tweet

[Peacetrain]

20. So true... so true.. he know where all the keys that work the locks are

He knows how to get it done.. as much as anyone can get it done.. its a mess out there

[Cha]

36. Yes, Peacetrain!

[True Blue American]

24. Joe is right.

[Cha]

37. Yes, he is!

[5starlib]

12. People like Joe Biden, faults and all

This can't be underestimated. At the end of the day, people vote for people they like. Joe is who he is. He's a guy that loves people, loves to talk, but may talk a bit too much sometimes, but he means well and he's trustworthy and honest.

[Cha]

13. Yeah, what you said, 5starlib.

[True Blue American]

14. Honestly

The media attacks, plus those Who are race baiting make me more decided on those I prefer.

I have yet to hear Elizabeth Warren attack. Her message is straight forward on what she wants to accomplish. That is what I want to hear.

I do not care what happened 40,50 years ago and I think the average voter feels the same.

DU members are a tiny group and we are all opinionated, or we would not be here!

[Cha]

16. Well put, True Blue American!

The more the m$$$$media attacks and others.. the more I'm abidin' with Biden!

[True Blue American]

15. Don't we all?

Read a few threads on the board.

[oasis]

21. Joe is the genuine article.

All the way.

[helpisontheway]

18. And the troll's approval went up 5 points. What in the world is wrong with people? Nt

[MineralMan]

23. This matters. It matters a great deal.

Of course, it's early days, so we'll have to keep watching these head-to-head polls carefully.

It's just one factor that needs to be considered.

[emmaverybo]

26. K+R

[stonecutter357]

27. let's go Joe !

[LibFarmer]

28. Biden is the only one who can beat Trump handily. nt

[Scurrilous]

30. K&R

[totodeinhere]

35. Battleground state numbers are more relevant than national numbers.

We don't want to see the Dem nominee winning the popular vote by a large margin yet losing by a narrow margin in the Electoral College again. Its very early but I will be watching polls from such states as North Carolina, Michigan and Florida in order to get a better handle on where we stand.

[Gothmog]

38. Joe Biden Is The Only Democrat With A Clear Advantage Over Trump In New Poll

Link to tweet

[Sugarcoated]

41. Joe!

I want the guy who will win back the blue wall 🌊🌊🌊

[Gothmog]

43. Biden is out polling the other Democratic candidates

Link to tweet