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Harris surges to second in new national poll | TheHill

posted onJuly 3, 2019
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Article snippet: Sen. according to a national poll released Tuesday. Harris soared to 20 percent in the Quinnipiac University survey, while Biden fell to 22 percent among Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters.That’s a significant change from a Quinnipiac poll released last month that showed Biden leading the pack with 30 percent and Harris lingering in a distant fourth place with 7 percent support. The Quinnipiac survey is the latest in recent days to show Harris riding a wave of new support following her standout performance in Thursday’s debate. A CNN/SSRS poll released Monday showed the California senator jumping into second place with 17 percent support. Likewise, a Suffolk University Iowa poll found Harris surging into second in the crucial first-in-the-nation caucus state. The latest poll also shows Sen. MORE came in with 4 percent support in the survey. Among respondents who said they watched last week's debates, 29 percent said they would most likely vote for Harris in the primary, the most of any candidate, while 18 percent said Biden was their top choice, the same percentage as those who picked Warren. The polling data suggests that Harris’s performance, which featured a sharp confrontation with Biden, during last week’s debate has given her campaign a crucial bump as the primary race begins to heat up. Biden, on the other hand, has seen his political stock fall in recent days following a wobbly debate performance in which he found himself repeatedly fending off criti... Link to the full article to read more

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