Poll: Biden and Sanders are in a Virtual Tie in Texas

[TexasTowelie]

The race between Democratic presidential contenders Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders is a virtual toss-up in Texas, with a new poll showing Sanders picking up more delegates even as Biden is predicted to earn a slightly larger share of the popular vote on Super Tuesday. Elizabeth Warren finished third, followed by Michael Bloomberg.

“Democratic voters in Texas say beating President Trump in November is their top criterion in choosing a candidate, but their choices suggest they don’t agree on the best way to do that,” said Jim Granato, executive director of the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs, which conducted the poll. “Voters were almost evenly split between moderate Joe Biden, a former vice president, and progressive Bernie Sanders.”

Among likely voters, Biden had the edge with 22.5%, with Sanders the choice of 22.1%. The percentages backing other candidates included 18.3% for Warren; 13.4% for Bloomberg; 11.9% for Pete Buttigieg; 7.2% for Amy Klobuchar; 3.5% for Tulsi Gabbard; and 1.1% for Tom Steyer.

The poll, conducted between Feb. 6 and Feb. 18 among likely Democratic primary voters, was released Monday, eight days before Super Tuesday, when Texans and voters in 13 other states will head to the polls. It found clear divisions among voters based on gender, race, ethnicity and age, suggesting turnout may be key.

Read more: https://uh.edu/news-events/stories/2020/february-2020/02242020hobby-poll-primary-2020.php

Note that most of the poll was conducted before the Nevada debate.

[bluewater]

1. Warren is third in Texas!

Nice!

I hope she can wrangle up a lot of delegates!

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2. open primary?

[honest.abe]

3. If Biden wins SC convincingly he will get a boost in all ST states including TX.

We shall see.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

4. BOOOOOOOOMMM!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[honest.abe]

5. Splitting the vote doesnt help Sanders.

If it ends with both candidates with similar numbers of delegates, Biden will win in the second round. No doubt about it.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

6. The numbers won't be similar, as the polls are showing...

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Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[honest.abe]

7. A big SC win for Joe and Bloomberg's Sanders ads..

will change all that.

[Blue_true]

8. If Biden splits votes with Bernie on ST or come out slightly ahead,

Bernie's campaign is done. Florida and Georgia are the next big states on tap and Biden will be strong there, that push the deciding point to the northeast (NYS, Penn, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Hillary won big there in 16.

Outside of Super Tuesday, Bernie is left with just Washington State, Wisconsin and Oregon which may favor him. I think that Illinois, Ohio, Michigan go to Biden leading into the decisive northeast primaries.