Friday, December 06, 2019

Second choice polls are the most revealing

The polls showing that Sanders is consistently the second choice for for a plurality of Biden supporters tells me that a substantial portion of Biden support (more than a quarter) is from people who just want an old white guy.

The second-place polling for Sanders shows a similar phenomenon, with about a quarter of his supporters choosing Biden for their second choice, although a larger portion (31%) pick Warren second, which makes more sense ideologically.

A plurality of Bloomberg supporters also go to Biden, which makes sense ideologically. And relatively few Bloombergians go to Sanders for their second choice. On the other hand, aren't there very few Bloombergians to begin with? I mean, he was polling worse that Harris before she dropped out this week.