.Cmkahn says that while Joe Biden is still a 2020 frontrunner, there’s been a considerable drop in his support from black voters following the DemDebate, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK - Former Vice President Joe Biden, the early front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, has lost support among African-Americans after taking heat on racial issues during the party’s first debate, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
African-Americans largely supported Biden when he entered the race for the right to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election. Harris, the daughter of a black father from Jamaica and an Indian mother, appears to have benefited from her debate performance. Her support rose 4 percentage points to 10 percent in the poll released on Wednesday - the most of any of the more than 20 candidates seeking the nomination.
Several other candidates saw small overall gains since the June poll, including Sanders and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, and former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke lost support.FILE PHOTO - Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks as South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Bernie Sanders listen during the second night of the first Democratic presidential candidates debate in Miami, Florida, U.S. June 27, 2019.
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