re: #310 KGxvi

Interesting bit from the Monmouth poll that lawhawk posted. When it comes to favorability ratings, the “no opinion” and “haven’t heard of” are key. For Biden it’s 12% no opinion and 1% haven’t heard of (who are these people?); for Sanders it’s 13%/1%.

Then you look at the other candidates, they’ve got room for growth:

Warren: 18/12
O’Rourke: 22/23
Klobuchar: 28/32
Booker: 24/20
Harris: 19/21
Buttigieg: 25/34

Sanders overall approval/disapproval is at 65/21, so he’s basically hit his ceiling (like Trump I think he’s got a relatively high floor/low ceiling dynamic). Biden is only at 72/16, and has been dropping since January.

I rather think that’s because people’s positive impressions of him from the Obama years are slowly guttering out as it becomes obvious he’s not running as “Funky Grandpa Joe” but instead as “Establishment Moderate Joe.”