Uh Oh: Bloomberg Starting To Collapse In Polling?

Hot Air ^ | February 26, 2020 | Allahpundit

[C19fan]

The great fear for establishment Democrats right now is that he’s *not* starting to collapse, merely beginning to fade. Dem leaders can tolerate Mike Bloomberg beating Bernie for the nomination; they can also tolerate Mike Bloomberg quickly imploding, clearing a path for Biden to win on Saturday and emerge as the great centrist hope against Sanders next week on Super Tuesday.

What they can’t tolerate is a zombie Bloomberg candidacy, one where Bloomy pulls enough votes away from Biden to hold Joe down but not enough to threaten Sanders himself. More than anything else, they need to resolve the so-called “muddle in the middle” immediately. And since Bloomberg’s debate performance last night was neither great nor terrible, it’s unlikely they’ll get that.

[C19fan]

Can't wait to Feel the Bern on March 3.

[Fido969]

Allahpundit always comes up with these half-baked speculations.

[boycott]

He brings the excitement of a piece of Melba toast.

[kjam22]

If DNC steals this from Bern it will be epic..... Make 1968 convention look like a church service.

[donozark]

Just hope Milwaukee residents and business owners have good insurance! Antifa and Bernie bots will run amok.

[Grampa Dave]

Bloomberg spent over $509,512,884, only to be scalped by a fake Indian...LOL!

[Zhang Fei]

Yougov really dislikes Bloomberg. But the other polls continue to show Bloomberg doing pretty well. By being the outlier, Yougov risks taking a substantial hit to its reputation if Bloomberg does better than the Yougov polls on Super Tuesday. Yougov's rating, at B-, is lower than many polls that have scored Bloomberg higher.

Polling Data

Poll	Date	Sample	Sanders	Biden	Bloomberg	Warren	Buttigieg	Klobuchar	Gabbard	Steyer	Spread
RCP Average	2/14 - 2/25	--	29.2	18.0	14.4	12.4	10.0	5.4	2.4	2.2	Sanders +11.2
Economist/YouGov	2/23 - 2/25	584 RV	30	20	11	16	9	4	4	1	Sanders +10
The Hill/HarrisX	2/23 - 2/24	470 RV	28	17	19	8	12	3	2	3	Sanders +9
CBS News/YouGov	2/20 - 2/22	6498 LV	28	17	13	19	10	5	1	2	Sanders +9
Emerson	2/16 - 2/18	573 LV	29	22	14	12	8	6	4	3	Sanders +7
Economist/YouGov	2/16 - 2/18	555 LV	24	18	12	16	11	7	2	2	Sanders +6
ABC News/Wash Post	2/14 - 2/17	408 RV	32	16	14	12	8	7	1	2	Sanders +16
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl	2/14 - 2/17	426 LV	27	15	14	14	13	7	1	2	Sanders +12
SurveyUSA	2/13 - 2/17	1022 LV	29	18	18	10	12	4	--	2	Sanders +11
NPR/PBS/Marist	2/13 - 2/16	527 RV	31	15	19	12	8	9	0	2	Sanders +12
The Hill/HarrisX	2/14 - 2/15	449 RV	22	19	18	12	10	5	0	3	Sanders +3

[llevrok]

If DNC steals this from Bern it will be epic

I keep thinking they will play the old "You are an independent, not a Democrat" card on him and pull all support.

[1Old Pro]

pulls enough votes away from Biden to hold Joe down

Seriously, did anyone notice that Joe can't formulate a complete sentence or enunciate a clear thought?

[C19fan]

Bernie might win a huge chuck of delegates because of the 15% viability rules. If all the other candidates get under 15% then Bernie would conceivably be a de-facto winner take all.

[nascarnation]

Bloomie hasn’t actually been on a ballot/caucus yet IIRC. And he’s not in S. Carolina either.

I’m interested to see how many votes he actually gets on SuperDay.

[Zhang Fei]

[Allahpundit always comes up with these half-baked speculations.]

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It’s not complete speculation, but it’s based on polls by Yougov, which has generally shown Bloomberg’s numbers way below the other polls. While it’s possible that this is random, it’s also possible that the guy running Yougov’s polls is deliberately skewing them against Bloomberg, perhaps for reasons of his own.

[tennmountainman]

The Great White Rich Midget is on his way down.
Hundreds of millions won’t save him.

[Teacher317]

"That horrible Trump! He is a loudmouth old white NYC Republican billionaire who bought his way into office! He is so entitled and used to being surrounded by "yes men" that he had no clue how to even speak diplomatically or deal with differing opinions!

Let's replace him with another oudmouth old white NYC Republican billionaire who bought his way into office and is so entitled that has no clue how to speak diplomatically or deal with differing opinions."

It must be so easy to be a Liberal. LOL

[donozark]

If Democrats themselves cannot defeat a near octogenarian communist in their own ranks, they have a problem.

[HangnJudge]

...Make 1968 convention look like a church service.

Popcorn, need much popcorn

[Hoffer Rand]

Cut the guy some slack. He’s clearly grieving for the half of the US population who’ve died from gun violence. /s

[butlerweave]

Needs more money ,LOL

[SmokingJoe]

Watch this:

Tucker: Bloomberg paid to be humiliated

https://youtu.be/7RhtBc899G4

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Agreed, if they steal it it will be the show of shows.