A frequent anti-Biden commenter on this site mentioned the Dem pollster Greenberg’s internal polling predicting a “devastating loss” if Biden remains the candidate. I had never heard of Greenberg, so looked him up and found article this from today:
www.cnn.com/:
“The public calls from Democrats asking President Joe Biden to bow out of the presidential race have quieted in recent days, but private efforts to nudge the president and his top aides continue, several Democratic sources told CNN.
Among the efforts, these sources say, are repeated memos from a seasoned and respected Democratic pollster, Stanley Greenberg, sharing his take that Biden is on track to lose the election – and in a way that does deep damage to other Democratic candidates. “Lose everything,” is how one Democrat described a polling memo Greenberg sent to Biden’s inner circle in recent days. “Devastating,” was the one word answer of a second Democrat close to the White House who is familiar with the Greenberg memos. These sources said Greenberg has sent several memos over the past two weeks since the president’s devastating debate performance, analyzing internal polling he asserts shows the president’s position continues to deteriorate because Americans overwhelmingly do not see him as up to serving four more years. Greenberg has been a leading Democratic pollster for decades and his work includes advising Bill Clinton’s two winning presidential campaigns. He declined to comment when contacted Monday evening.”
I am not a polling expert, so please excuse my ignorance. Is Greenberg considered a polling god? Why doesn’t he share his polling publicly? Is his internal polling that different from public polls? Why or why not? It seems that he is behind the continuing (?) behind-the-scenes push convince Biden to drop out?
I really want to know who is behind the push to get Biden to drop out, especially after he repeatedly said he is staying in the race. I wrote a diary last week about Dem Billionaire Donors’ influence behind the scenes. I assume they are also on Greenberg’s mailing list receiving his memos predicting Biden’s “devastating loss”?
Please enlighten me about this Dem pollster, and why he wields so much influence. I want to be an informed voter, but it seems that polls that are hidden from the public do not serve the electorate well. Especially if they are going to determine who our future Presidential candidate will be.