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Poll finds three-way Democratic contest in Florida with Mike Bloomberg the slight leader
Florida Politics ^
| February 24, 2020
| Peter Schorsch
Posted on 02/25/2020 6:41:11 PM PST by Zhang Fei
Florida Democrats are settling almost equally on Mike Bloomberg, Joe Biden, and Bernie Sanders as their pick in the March 17 presidential primary, according to a new poll from Florida Southern Colleges Center for Polling and Policy Research.
The survey, released Monday, gives former New York City Mayor Bloomberg 23% support, former Vice President Biden 22% support, and Vermont Sen. Sanders 18% support.
Slipping toward also-ran positions in the poll were Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren with 12%, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg with 9%, and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar with 5%. California businessman Tom Steyer and Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard essentially got no support. One percent said they would vote for someone else and 9% of the Democrats surveyed said they were undecided.
The pollsters also asked how strongly the respondents feel about their choices. The results suggest Bloomberg has a considerable base of support in the state committed to voting for him in the primary, with Sanders, Biden, and Buttigieg attracting a number of supporters leaning toward voting for them.
The telephone poll of 329 Democratic voters was taken last week Monday through Friday, and the results were analyzed among the 313 who identified themselves as likely voters. The poll has a margin of error of 5.4%.
The survey was taken before the Nevada caucuses and many of the responses came in before the nationally-televised debate last Wednesday when nearly-universal consensus held that Bloomberg stumbled badly, particularly when questioned by Warren and Biden about his past treatment of women.
Nonetheless, Bloomberg held the strongest support. When pressed, more than half, 51%, of the respondents who said they were ready to vote for Bloomberg said they were definitely voting for him and another 18% said they were probably voting for him. Only 31% said they were leaning toward
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2020; biden; bloomberg; kag; maga; sanders; trump
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To: Zhang Fei
Thank you for your insight.....so in essence it's a pay to play across the board for Bloomsberg to give him the advantages he seeks. But I still question if he really wants the presidency or is he's just manipulating the stage as he did for Pelosi to be House Leader?... Currently Hillary and Romney are too quiet.....
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02/26/2020 9:02:12 AM PST
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caww
To: McGavin999
No surprise, a huge segment of Florida Democrat voters are transplanted New Yorkers...
To: caww
[Thank you for your insight.....so in essence it’s a pay to play across the board for Bloomsberg to give him the advantages he seeks. But I still question if he really wants the presidency or is he’s just manipulating the stage as he did for Pelosi to be House Leader?... Currently Hillary and Romney are too quiet..... ]
He spent years contributing to local leaders before his mayoral run. Then he ran, and won. Being kingmaker is for the birds. What kingmakers really want is to be king. Any reading of history will reveal that the only reason kingmakers refrained from putting themselves on the throne is because they feared being defeated by jealous rivals and having their kin slaughtered.
That fate isn’t in store for any presidential candidate. Nobody spends billions to have someone else’s hands on the levers of power. Like everyone who runs for the presidency, Bloomberg wants to land on a CVN and be greeted by thousands of USN sailors. He wants his name mentioned alongside Washington, Lincoln and FDR. I don’t buy that Bloomberg is merely holding someone else’s coat. What he really wants is to be head and shoulders above every other plutocrat in the world - basically the same reason Trump ran for office.
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02/26/2020 9:14:37 AM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: Robert357
Bloomberg can slip each Super Delegate a couple million under the table - he’s got it in the bag. :)
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02/26/2020 9:16:32 AM PST
by
Mr. Jeeves
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To: Mr. Jeeves
[Bloomberg can slip each Super Delegate a couple million under the table - hes got it in the bag. :)]
PACs and charities - completely legal. And $50K is probably more money than any superdelegate has ever been offered. Not to mention the promise of eternal gratitude (i.e. government contracts, jobs, etc). $40m for all of them, which would be fairly cheap, relative to the cost of Bloomberg’s campaign so far. IMO, he needs at least 1000 delegates of his own to credibly challenge Sanders, if it comes to a second ballot. We’ll see how far he gets with that.
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02/26/2020 9:24:04 AM PST
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Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: Zhang Fei
You're likely correct.....although I could see Bloomberg getting vast amounts of adulation and notoriety if he pulled Hillary over the threash hold....but I can't see him going that low either.
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02/26/2020 9:34:37 AM PST
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caww
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
...Bloomberg 23%... Biden 22%... Sanders 18%... Warren with 12%... Buttigieg with 9%... Klobuchar with 5%... Steyer and... Gabbard essentially got no support. One percent said they would vote for someone else and 9% of the Democrats surveyed said they were undecided.
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posted on
02/26/2020 10:57:24 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: McGavin999; Zhang Fei
The issue is whether an unlimited ad budget can create a sufficient reality distortion field. Its a given that Trump can mop the floor with Bloomberg one-on-one. But the same might have been true of Ted Cruz v. Hillary - and we all know enough to doubt that he would have prevailed over her ads and the MSM.
The fact is that the Bloomberg ads will augment the MSM (basically unlimited) free support for Bloomberg. But if the MSM alone controlled, no Republican would ever win the presidency.
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02/26/2020 1:39:19 PM PST
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(Socialism is cynicism directed towards society and - correspondingly - naivete towards government.)
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