Another baffler: Why this poll, out yesterday, was summarily ignored here at the Daily Bern.
What could it be? The lack of any sinking stones?
http://morningconsult.com/...
And after that bit of no-doubt-annoying-to-some editorializing, I report, you decide:
Morning Consult (this poll 643 Dems, MOE 3.9)
9/24-27: HRC 44, Sanders 23, Biden 19
9/18-20: HRC 49, Sanders 28, Biden not polled
Second choices (not broken down by first choice as far as I can tell):
34 Biden (site says "just over one-third")
22 HRC
12 Sanders
Favorables among Dems:
HRC 77
Biden 76
Sanders 52 (but site says "though many more voters say they don’t know enough about the Vermont senator to have formed an opinion.")
GOP (MOE 3.9):
Trump 30
Carson 15
Bush 10
Rubio 9
Fiorina 9
Obama approval among all: 40, down from 43 last week.
Updated:
Obama 40 percent approval seems largely due to a pretty poor 74-23 among Democrats.
Also:
Biden is viewed favorably by 49 percent of voters, while 40 percent see him unfavorably. If he decides to run for president, it would make him one of just a small handful of candidates who have net-favorable ratings at a time when most voters see anyone with political experience in a negative light.
Biden’s favorable ratings stand in contrast to Clinton’s 43 percent favorable, 53 percent unfavorable rating. Among self-described moderate voters, 57 percent view Biden favorably, and 51 percent say the same about Clinton. Biden’s 40 percent favorable rating among independents is seven points higher than Clinton’s.