Quinnipiac Poll: Biden, Sanders Top Dem Candidates

Former Vice President Joe Biden, who has not yet announced his candidacy in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary, leads the pack of candidates, with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., coming in a close second, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

According to the poll, released Thursday, Biden, 76, was the choice of 29 percent of Democrats and Democrat-leaning voters, Democratic, followed by 19 percent for Sanders, 77.

The poll also revealed that most Democrats don't consider a candidate's age as the most important factor in their votes.

The 1,358 voters polled nationwide said by 70 percent to 27 percent that age would not be an important factor in their votes.

Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, 46, garnered 12 percent of the voters and Sen Kamala Harris, D-Calif., at 54, came in at 8 percent. No other Democrats got more than 4 percent.

In other numbers:

• 72 percent to 21 percent, political ideology is an important factor;
• 67 percent to 23 percent, bipartisanship is important;
• 71 percent to 24 percent, standing up to Republicans is important;
• 84 percent to 13 percent, including 75 percent to 25 percent among black voters, that race is not important;
• 84 percent to 12 percent, including 83 percent to 14 percent among women, that gender is not important.

Meanwhile, the 582 Republicans and Republican-leaning voters said by 56 percent to 35 percent they don't want to see someone running against Trump in a 2020 primary.

The poll showed that 53 percent of American voters say they definitely will not vote for Trump if he is the candidate; 30 percent said they will definitely vote for him and 13 percent would consider voting for him.

Voters also said, by 54 percent to 39 percent, they favor a popular vote to decide the presidency, rather than the Electoral College.

The poll carried a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points, with a margin of 5.1 percentage points among Democrats and 5 percentage points among Republicans.

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