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Bloomberg tops Trump by 6 points in hypothetical matchup: poll


If you think that establishment democrats despise him, just wait until you get a load of what progressives in the party think about this neolib, self-interested opportunist. His only allies are a minority of centrist/establishment Dems and that's precisely his problem. He may do better if Biden melts, but will be completely impotent until then.

Chomsky said:
If it appears Bloomberg's serious, I think he'll easily eclipse Steyer. But I have no idea how high would indeed go.
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As per above. Again, the only way he's going to do well is if he somehow convinces moderates who don't already despise him off of Buttigieg and Biden's ships.
 
mrdeltoid said:
You are correct. You gotta play to win. The Dems are so worried about “ electability “, whatever that means, they are playing scared. Going into the battle against Trump that way is a bad strategy.
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Tailoring a Dem candidate to appeal to Trump voters is a fool's errand ...
 

No one is solidly beating Trump in the battle ground states unfortunately; it's all very much within margin of error; I think Arizona might be the only exception to the rule and even then the exceedance is narrow: One Year From Election, Trump Trails Biden but Leads Warren in Battlegrounds - The New York Times

What I do know is that Warren looks consistently bad in the battlegrounds vs Bernie and Biden in theoretical head to heads vs Trump.
 
Well, Biden seems to be the solid Dem front-runner in the battle-grounds none-the-less.

But the bolded is very disheartening IMO. Biden seems to be the guy leading in the battlegrounds, and the guy with the highest A-A support. If he can pull the liberal base adequately, that pretty much makes him the front-runner - for better or worse.
 

Well that and he's actually a billionaire, and a truly self made one at that...
 
dcsports said:
That's very interesting. Bloomberg would throw the democrat primary into chaos. I'll bet he's fielding a lot of calls right now begging him to stop.
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I wouldn't worry about it, I'm sure he's not taking Donalds calls anymore...
 

Exactly, we already have Trump caught committing crimes trying to wind and we're still a year out....
 

Again, it is folly to look at within margin of error polling and call that a 'solid lead' or even meaningful; that was Hillary's mistake, or do you mean within the primary?

As is, Biden and Sanders are pretty much in a statistical tie vs Trump, which means much more needs to be done.

As to Warren, she has plenty of time to improve her numbers, so I wouldn't be too dismayed; that goes for everyone in this contest.
 
swing_voter said:
That's because voters don't know anything about Bloomberg. If the democrats nominate Bloomberg, media will focus on him and voters will find out all the things they don't like about him.

It's the same with every election.
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interestingly, the voters should now know all the things they shouldn't like about Donald Trump.

doesn't seem to matter with him though. i guess if he represented the Party of God it would.
 
Actually, I did mean within the primary. But yours was a good post, regardless.
 
Chomsky said:
Tailoring a Dem candidate to appeal to Trump voters is a fool's errand ...
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It's not about 'appealing to Trump voters' though. It's about appealing to voters, period. As it sits now, the field is playing to the hard left, which doesn't play well with the general electorate either. If you get, say, a Sanders vs. Trump matchup, we'll have another election where most voters don't like either candidate.

Of course the issue at this time is the overshadowing impeachment. Everything is about Trump. It's hard for ANY of the Democrats to get their message out.
 
GDViking said:
I wouldn't worry about it, I'm sure he's not taking Donalds calls anymore...
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Calls from establishment Democrats - and other candidates. Trump would probably welcome Bloomberg coming into the race.
 
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