据报道,几十年来一直为民主党政治家和世界各国领导人提供建议的政治战略家告诉乔·拜登,马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦是他竞选搭档的“明显”人选。
据《政治日报》周四报道,本月早些时候,斯坦·格林伯格在与拜登的竞选顾问会面时,就拜登应该选择谁为副总统提出了建议。他曾为比尔·克林顿总统、英国首相托尼·布莱尔和南非总统纳尔逊·曼德拉等进行过民意调查。
在会议期间,格林伯格说,“沃伦参议员是显而易见的解决方案,”新闻媒体报道。
参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦和乔·拜登在2月7日的第八次民主党总统辩论中。据报道,拜登的竞选团队正在考虑将沃伦作为他的竞选伙伴。
自从拜登上个月成为假定的民主党候选人以来,关于他将选择谁作为竞选伙伴的谣言就一直在流传。在...之后发誓要选一个女人3月中旬,拜登表示,他可能会在2010年年底前宣布他的决定七月底或者八月初。沃伦是几位政治家之一他一直在考虑这个角色。
几项民意调查显示许多民主党人,尤其是年轻选民为了赢得11月的选举,他还没有以他所需要的方式来支持拜登。而佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯,一个较早的提名竞争者,暂停了他的竞选并在四月中旬支持了拜登华尔街日报上周的报道说不到3%桑德斯的20%的支持者向拜登的竞选捐款。此外,桑德斯继续在州初选中收集选票,尽管他结束了自己的竞选。
尽管沃伦在3月5日结束提名竞选后,继续在一些州的初选中收集选票,但她在任何一次总统初选中都没有获得第一或第二名——包括她的家乡马萨诸塞州——当她还在竞选中的时候。尽管如此,格林伯格说她的左倾政策可以吸引更多的自由派选民支持拜登的事业。
最近的民意调查支持了格林伯格的理论,因为选民们权衡了他们最希望拜登的竞选伙伴是谁。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻调查五月初出版我发现大约70%的民主党选民更喜欢沃伦,而不是其他潜在的候选人。本月进行的一项政治/晨间咨询民意调查显示,她对拜登在11月的机会的影响比其他任何考虑中的女性都要大。
新闻周刊我联系了拜登的竞选团队和沃伦的办公室征求意见,但是在发表之前没有得到回复。
尽管最近的许多民意调查发现拜登领导唐纳德·特朗普从全国范围来看,选民对民主党候选人和总统的支持似乎很接近一些关键摇摆状态本周早些时候。在2016年希拉里·克林顿竞选失败后,许多民主党人仍然担心拜登是否有能力及时团结该党赢得今秋的胜利。
据《政治报》报道,格林伯格在与拜登的竞选官员会面时,承认了前副总统在走向胜利道路上的障碍。“2020年民主党面临的最大威胁是千禧一代缺乏支持和脱离,非拜登的初选选民四分五裂,”他说。
Biden Will Pick Up Sanders Voters, Win Presidency if He Chooses Warren as VP, Leading Democratic Pollster Predicts
A political strategist who has advised Democratic politicians as well as leaders around the world for decades has reportedly told Joe Biden that Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is the "obvious" pick for his running mate.
Stan Greenberg, who worked as a pollster for President Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and South African President Nelson Mandela, among others, offered his advice on whom Biden should select as his vice president during a meeting with Biden's campaign advisers earlier this month, Politico reported Thursday.
During the meeting, Greenberg said, "Senator Warren is the obvious solution," the news outlet reported.
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden in the eighth Democratic presidential debate on February 7. Biden's campaign is reportedly considering Warren for his running mate.
Rumors about whom Biden will choose as his running mate have been swirling since the former vice president became the presumptive Democratic nominee last month. After vowing to pick a woman in mid-March, Biden said Wednesday he might announce his decision by the end of July or early August. Warren is one of several politicians he has been considering for the role.
Several polls have shown many Democrats, especially younger voters, have yet to rally behind Biden the way he needs them to in order to win in November. While Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, an earlier contender for the nomination, suspended his campaign and endorsed Biden in mid-April, a Wall Street Journal report last week said fewer than 3 percent of Sanders' supporters have donated to Biden's campaign. In addition, Sanders continues to collect votes in state primaries even though he ended his campaign.
Though Warren has also continued to collect votes in some state primaries after ending her bid for the nomination on March 5, she did not place first or second in any presidential primary—including her home state of Massachusetts—while she was still in the race. Even so, Greenberg said her left-leaning policies could attract more liberal voters to Biden's cause, according to Politico.
Recent polling has supported Greenberg's theory, as voters have weighed in on whom they most want for Biden's running mate. A CBS News poll published in early May found that about 7 in 10 Democratic voters preferred Warren over other potential picks, and a Politico/Morning Consult poll conducted this month showed that she would have a better impact on Biden's chances in November than any other woman in consideration.
Newsweek reached out to Biden's campaign and Warren's office for comment but did not hear back before publication.
While many recent polls have found Biden leading Donald Trump nationally, voter support for the Democratic candidate and the president appeared to be close in some key swing states earlier this week. After Hillary Clinton's election loss in 2016, many Democrats remain concerned about Biden's ability to unite the party in time for a victory this fall.
In his meeting with Biden's campaign officials, Greenberg acknowledged the obstacles in the former vice president's path to victory, Politico reported. "The biggest threat to Democrats in 2020 is the lack of support and disengagement of millennials and the fragmentation of non-Biden primary voters," he said.