Byron York: Democratic shakeout: Biden losing altitude, Harris surging, field dividing, bottom stuck at bottom
by Byron York
| July 03, 2019 07:54 AM
There have now been five national polls since the first Democratic presidential primary debate. Together, the surveys, conducted by ABC News/Washington Post, Quinnipiac, CNN, The Hill/Harris, and Politico/Morning Consult, show the debate has shaken up the race. The field has separated into three clearly definable tiers, all atop a large group at the bottom made up of candidates with virtually no support.
Within the first tier — Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren — the leaders' positions are rapidly shifting. Since the debate, only one of the four — Harris — is up, while Biden, Sanders, and Warren are down.
On the day of the debate, Biden stood at 32% in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. Now, he is down four points, to 28%. That is the biggest drop of anyone in the field.
The second-place Sanders has experienced a much smaller decline, from 16.9% to 16%. But he is still closer to Biden than before because of Biden's big drop.
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