Polls, especially the most “trusted” polling sources like Pew and Gallup, are collected by calling less than 2000 people who have landlines. That should tell you who they’re talking to.

i think at this point its mostly just name recognition. ahead of any sort of debate, a lot of the electorate aren’t following the candidates that closely (especially considering there’s so many of them). So Biden has a strong early lead simply because people recognize his name and have (mostly) positive associations…

Most people can see the difference between sexualized touching and supportive touching, even if they can’t define it. While there’s a big push from the far left and Trump supporters to blanket Biden with these creepy uncle vibes, most people understand what it happening and support a candidate that can win and help…

Yes.

I think it’ll change once the candidates start talking to each other and about each other, and people can compare the candidates more easily.

I think we are just so used to that kind of behaviour from men his age that it slides off a bit. I mean, we all know or have known that older man who is a bit uncomfortably touchy-feely, but basically harmless. Like, it’s a bit weird, but not threatening. For a lot of us, especially those of us who are Gen X or older,…

I think it’s too early for that. Biden has 100% percent name recognition, and while that is a good thing for his campaign, it also means he doesn’t have much room to go up and a LOT of room to go down. Name recognition counts for a lot this early, but it doesn’t always predict where things will end up. We are already…

People figure their bigoted parents, uncles, friends and acquaintances will vote for an old straight white ‘tough on crime’ cis male Democrat over Trump, but not any other kind of Democrat, and definitely not a woman, let alone a WOC.  And Bernie is too socialist to convince your Boomer relatives to vote for him! 

Never underestimate Americans’ ability to not give a shit about women’s rights.

Don’t despair. We’re months away from the first primaries. Right now the polls are virtually worthless, because none of the candidates are running on much of anything but name recognition at this point. That’s why the top two have been Biden and Sanders so far: because those are the names people remember.

I think if his presidential opponent wasn’t an adulterer, sex offender and outright misogynist this stuff would be a bigger deal with the average voter, but all things are relative.

This country elected the lazy corrupt racist orange santorum-covered enemy of the people. That alone broke a number of norms. Until then, only one divorcé had been elected President: Reagan. To the best of my knowledge, no previous President was a confessed and documented philanderer before taking office (not, of…

Probably a polling demographic thing. I would say that poll recipients skew heavily towards white people and baby boomers. It’s telling that the front runners right now are Biden, Sanders and Warren. All white baby boomers. Biden is most likely in the lead because of the Obama aura. And given my own personal…

Polls at this point are just a matter of name-recognition.  Being an early leader is not a positive, as many former early leaders in polls could attest.

Around this point in the packed 2004 primary election process the lead was Joe Lieberman. Keep supporting your preferred non-Biden candidates and we should be fine. He’s comfort food now, but more will realize he’s been a goofball and weirdo for decades.

The public clearly does not care.

“Or are polls just completely worthless anymore? (They didn’t do us much good in 2016 either.)“

PT Cruisin for a PT Bruisin.

Thanks for telling me that LGBTQ representation doesn’t mean anything Jezebel. Fuck this brand of “feminism”. 

despite the fact that he has accomplished almost nothing.