The Wall Street Journal Excluded Elizabeth Warren From a Poll...Because They Wanted To?
"On Tuesday night, Senator Professor Warren was the victim of one of the the most egregious offenses ever committed by a major news organization. In conjunction with the Wall Street Journal, the fine hand of which I suspect was involved in what follows, NBC News released its latest polling data. The general overall numbers were pretty much as expected, except Bernie Sanders’s lead had grown. Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, and SPW were in a virtual dead-heat for second. National polling in a primary campaign can be dismissed as largely irrelevant, but the railbirds among political journalists make a big deal out of them, so we talk about them like they really mean something. However, it was elsewhere in the polling where the real malignant mischief was done.
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The poll, from NBC and the Wall Street Journal, found Warren was effectively tied for second place nationally, with 14% of the vote. But pollsters excluded her from a series of match-ups between Trump and top candidates. The poll include Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden, and Mike Bloomberg, who all polled within a point of Warren, and Amy Klobuchar, who trailed significantly behind them. Peter Hart, whose firm conducted the poll, told BuzzFeed News that the poll had “space and time” for just five candidate match-ups.
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As mentioned above, it's not throwing away your votes in the primaries. If it's a brokered convention, you want your candidate to be in the discussion. Warren is right there, so vote for her now, and for whomever the eventual nominee is later.
I fully expect some surprises, especially from Bloomberg camp. They are calculating and sophisticated. I saw something a day or so ago about Bloomberg's oppo book on Sanders and that they're sitting on some searing stuff, with the word "disqualifying" being used. He didn't spill it yet, so who knows. Having more than one horse is completely fine, if not protective right now.