Joe Biden’s campaign is pushing back against a new Monmouth University poll, released on Monday, which shows the former vice president’s support to be rapidly declining.
“This poll is an outlier that is contradicted by every measure of the national average,” an individual from the former vice president’s campaign told the Washington Examiner. “Poll after poll also confirms that, because of the high stakes of this election, Democratic primary voters are the most energized about a nominee who can take-on and defeat Donald Trump and the atrocious values he represents, and win the battle we’re in for the soul of this nation. Joe Biden is by all accounts the candidate best positioned to make that happen.”
The rapid response from the Biden campaign reflects its sensitivity to perceptions that the former vice president and Delaware senator is the undisputed front-runner in the 2020 Democratic race. The RealClearPolitics average on Monday, including the Monmouth poll, has Biden leading the pack at 27.2%, followed by Sanders at 16.7% and Elizabeth Warren at 16.2%.
The Monmouth survey found Biden in a statistical three-way tie with Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. According to that poll, which has a margin of error of 5.7%, both Sanders and Warren are currently receiving 20 points of support from Democratic primary voters, while Biden is at 19.
A month earlier, Monmouth found Biden leading the pack at 32%. The poll also found Biden’s favorability ratings drop eight points, to 66%.
