Howard Schultz internal polling a bad omen for Democrats worried he could play spoiler

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Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s internal polling shows he may have enough support to take part in general election presidential debates as an independent candidate.

Schultz earns about 17 percent of the vote when matched up against President Trump and either Sens. Kamala Harris of California or Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts as the hypothetical Democratic nominee, NBC News reported Sunday, citing the internal research. Trump generates 33 percent support in both three-way races, while 32 percent of respondents said they would vote for both Harris or Warren.

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