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Here Comes Bernie Sanders.
The latest national poll is in, and here comes the political revolution.
It’s happening.
According to a Monmouth University poll released today, Biden is no longer in first place nationally. In fact, he isn’t even in second. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have finally done what the pundits at the beginning of this primary season could have never seen coming, and have taken the lead in a crowded field of candidates. Bernie is now number one, with Warren in a statistical tie.
On one hand it isn’t exactly surprising, at least if you have been paying attention to the broad coalition of likely democratic voters Bernie continues to build, his domination of the second debate, and the most monumental and standout policy proposals to tackle climate change as well as criminal justice reform. It might not be surprising if you’ve watched Warren’s rise and her stellar campaign strategy that’s undeniably attracted a significant chunk of the base.
On the other hand, this is huge.
Not only did Bernie have the single greatest rise out of all the candidates since the last Monmouth poll (he surged six points), but Joe Biden has the single greatest drop (he dropped thirteen points). While we’ve seen signs of this impending drop in the Biden campaign for a while…
