he has to work on this. patrick all of in is happening we ll see over time. you have this, the change on the abortion the hyde amendment. trouble. the putting him back in a spotlight in a way he doesn t want to be. all different reasons but nonetheless a spotlight he doesn t wanton him. poll after poll shows him leading against democrats and trump. monmouth poll, a mcmahoning lead against democrats. fox news poll shows him beating trump nationally by 10 points. does all of this add up to anything? or is it much ado about nothing. adding up to quite a bit with the base of the democratic party that right now knows joe biden, doesn t know a lot of the other people, some part of that base is saying joe biden because of name id when they answer. you think things like this makes them look around. makes them look around, go into the debates next week, going into the summer seeing the positive news cycles that
democratic nomination, beating president trump in a head to head matchup in florida. in that poll you re polling less than 1% in that florida poll right now. tell us why you think democratic voters should consider you. as you know, right now we re still seven and a half months away before anybody votes when the iowa caucus happens in early february. right now the polls are all about name id and the fact is that i don t have the name id right now that bernie does or the vice president. that s why it s important that during these debates and there will be six of them that happen before the iowa caucuses, people get know who i am and what i stand for and what i d like to do for the country and as my name id improves and we can tell this in the polling when you ask folks who are aware of what i am, my favorable versus unfavorable is very good. i feel confident as more people know me, what i stand for and
what s the strategy here? a little bit of both. he s got great name recognition. obviously he was vice president under barack obama for eight years. i think it s a little bit of, go out there and talk about your message, but don t trip up on the way to the first debate. i should point out there s a brand new cbs poll that just came out within the last few moments of several states, the headlines i m reading off the screen in here, biden is up eight points in iowa, up 13 in new hampshire, 27 points in south carolina. so kurtis, he s doing well in many of these states. one of the headlines shows the hemorrhaging has stopped for bernie sanders in the meantime. what can we read from these polls? certainly, obviously that joe bidens that the name id, a strong name id. he was vice president for eight
process. name i.d. counts for much in terms of individuals interest as it relates to one candidate compared to another. but at the end of the day, this is the start of the presidential process and as candidates begin to unfold their platforms, get more attention, we re going to see a changing or shifting of opinions of between african-americans. and joe biden is not there this weekend. do you get a sense or do you feel he s taking this voting block for granted? no, i don t think any candidate can afford to take african-american votes for granted. if you think about the democratic primary specifically, the true primary now starts in south carolina and the primary base vote will be african-american and southern voters. and of course the economy is a key issue among many, many black voters. what are some other issues that would resonate with the community there and beyond? well, you know you have
voters. the survey for the black economic alliance finds a significant percentage of african-american voters have reservations with or are very uncomfortable with the current slate of candidates. that includes 33% who say that about elizabeth warren, 31% for bernie sanders and cory booker, 27% for kamala harris. i m joined by eddie glaude, chairman of the for instance ton center for african-american studies. back with me, juana summers and alexi mccann none is writing about this. are your surprise id by some of the numbers? i was surprised with candidates of color. but then you look at the details and see the name id is not th e there. a lot of black voters don t know enough about these candidates. the big picture this shows a lot of room to grow for a mart