Handsy scandal seems not to be hurting Biden

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09 Apr 2019, 12:20 pm

Poll: Biden Pays No Price for Uproar over His Handsiness

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The first national poll of the Democratic primary since Joe Biden’s handsiness became a top national news story finds that the scandal hasn’t put a dent in Biden’s Democratic coalition.

In the week before the story blew up on the weekend of March 31, a Politico/Morning Consult poll showed Biden in first place at 33 percent. In the new Morning Consult poll, conducted from April 1 to April 7, Biden is in first place at 32 percent. His favorability rating dipped from 78 percent to 75 percent.

The fact that the online furor over Biden’s too-close-for-comfort contact hasn’t hurt his polling is a good reminder that the coalition of Democrats who back Biden is wildly underrepresented on Twitter, where the former vice president’s likely campaign was pronounced D.O.A. last week.

A national Quinnipiac poll last month showed Biden with a 10-point lead among all Democratic primary voters, but he was in third place among Democrats who describe themselves as “very liberal.” Biden’s coalition is primarily made up of Democrats who describe themselves as moderate, conservative, or somewhat liberal. His coalition also skews older: Among voters age 18 to 49, he trailed Bernie Sanders by 4 points. Among Democrats age 50 and over, Biden led Sanders by 25 points.

We’re still about ten long months away from the Iowa caucuses, and Biden certainly has a lot of weaknesses that could sink him in the Democratic primary, but the widespread belief among many pundits that Biden has “almost no chance to win the nomination” strikes me as more than a bit bonkers.

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09 Apr 2019, 1:09 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:

Handsy Scandal Seems Not To Be Hurting Biden

Well, it's not like he "grabbed them by the p****" and bragged about it like some ignorant Neanderthal, now is it?

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09 Apr 2019, 1:14 pm

I thought there a new movement gaining some traction -- #Bidensmelledmyhairtoo.

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09 Apr 2019, 1:51 pm

Go on Joe, jump in the clown car!
There's always room for one more.
Plus, it's crowded so you could probably cop a feel in there too!

Biden was a political nobody who Obama resurrected simply because he provided a counter-balance. Biden running is a clear admission that the democrats are out of reasonable ideas and will instead run on pure name recognition and elderly charm.

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09 Apr 2019, 5:24 pm

If it was a republican the left would be raising hell. Imagine if it was ted cruz instead.

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09 Apr 2019, 5:29 pm

They certainly "raised hell" with Kavanaugh----but he still got a seat on the Supreme Court. And Kavanaugh was alleged to have done much worse things.

And think about Al Franken----how he had to resign from the Senate because he grabbed someone's butt or something.....

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09 Apr 2019, 6:45 pm

sly279 wrote:

If it was a republican the left would be raising hell. Imagine if it was ted cruz instead.

If his "crime" had been worse than "Hair-Sniffing" (i.e., sexual assault, promising promotions in exchange for sexual favors, et cetera), you can bet that he's be pilloried. As it is, "Hair-Sniffing" may not even be prosecutable.

Personally, I wouldn't vote for him. Too much clintonium contamination.

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09 Apr 2019, 10:00 pm

Unwanted physical contact is harassment.
Just cause he’s a democrat doesn’t change that.

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09 Apr 2019, 11:00 pm

Will you stop hating on Democrats.

I don’t hate on Republicans.

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09 Apr 2019, 11:22 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

Will you stop hating on Democrats.

I don’t hate on Republicans.

If a republican does something bad they get held accountable even if it’s not true, a democrat does the same thing and they get defended. I can’t stand hypocrisy.
I don’t like democrat politicians any of them. They are all horrible people. Republicans are pretty much too.

You might not but plenty of people on here hate on anyone not left leaning.

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