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Biden Leads Democrats as Minorities Favor Most Electable Candidate vs Trump

Reuters

   NEW YORK - Joe Biden maintained his lead for the Democratic
   presidential nomination as minorities gravitated toward the former vice
   president and his top rival, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, in
   search of the safest bets for beating President Donald Trump in 2020,
   according to a[1] Reuters/Ipsos poll.

   The Aug. 1-5 public opinion poll, released on Tuesday, showed that 22%
   of Democrats and independents would vote for Biden, a level that is
   unchanged from a similar poll that ran last month. Another 18% said
   they supported Sanders, up 2 percentage points from the July poll.

   None of 23 other candidates received more than 9% in the poll.

   Biden and Sanders offer Democrats sharply contrasting views on how to
   govern. Sanders leads the effort to expand government-run healthcare
   for all Americans while Biden offers a more moderate approach that
   would allow people to keep their existing healthcare plans.

   Yet the choice for Democrats may have less to do with ideology and more
   to do with who is best suited to beat Trump in the November 2020
   general election.

   According to the poll, 36% of Democrats say they are simply looking for
   someone who can win. Only 11% say the most important quality is someone
   with a strong healthcare plan, and 5% say it is most important to pick
   a strong voice on the environment.

References

   1. https://tmsnrt.rs/2Ypr9iS

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