It says nothing. There's an annoying thing called margin of error. If Biden actually was in the race, this poll might mean something. But it's all fantasy and nonsense, when someone is unannounced, untested in front of the actual electorate for the election cycle, and he's just an idea in people's minds versus two actual candidates who've been speaking and getting news coverage (and blistering GOP attacks).

If you're going to worry about that, worry about Clinton. She's the one who'll be losing votes to Biden.

If he runs the press will jump on with both feet and look for blood because that makes them money. I would look forward to his point of view though. Now Sanders and Hillary and Joe and whoever else that would be a group of winners compared to the clown car, and people are realizing that.

He would beat her like a cheap Dollar General rug if he were to run.

Anita Hill, 90s record, RAVE, now abortion. The far left gripes, yet he continues to climb...

I think the "get everything out at once and take the hit" strategy seems to be working. I wish all our candidates took this route.

... that he pushed so much through the Senate for his Delaware contributors.

I don't think that all of the MANY kids that are screwed with college debt now are necessarily "far left" that don't like his responsibility for a bill that in effects screws them out of getting a bankruptcy reset for their financial situation.

The fact that you don't mention it, shows that it is probably a little known issue that will lower his numbers later the more people learn more about it.

There is no Biden campaign. We know how well the polling predicted the race so far when Hillary and Bernie were slated against a slew of newly-announced and non-announced GOP candidates. This is fantasy football, and it's meaningless.

Biden is not a serious candidate. Some folks are trying to draft him, alternately to take votes from Sanders and then bow out hopefully leaving the field to Hillary, or to actually "save" the Dem slate from either an absolutely lackluster Clinton campaign and/or annoyingly popular Sanders campaign. Either scenario is disastrous.

If Biden wanted the presidency, he'd be running already. He's not. We don't need the VP thrown into the ring to spoil anything, and we don't need a potential top candidate who doesn't have his whole heart in it asking himself, "Crap, what do I do now?"

It's time for various political players to stop trying to manipulate this race. It's between Hillary and Bernie, barring disastrous decisions by either or both. It's time for the Party to STFU, support the announced candidates AGAINST THE GOP, and let the best (wo)man win.

Is going to tear him down once he declares he's in the race.The bottom line is the media is trying to get a republican in the White House just like they did in 2000 with the constant negative news on him.

Time to start looking at the big picture...

I'll say it again, I don't see any benefit to Biden running unless there's reason to believe he has a much better chance than Clinton of winning the general election. Even if he runs, though, Clinton will most likely be the nominee--and not just because Biden is gaffe-prone.

Right or wrong, the perception will be that Biden got in the race because even Democrats don't think Clinton is electable, which will make Clinton look weak/vulnerable.

Biden is arguably to the right of Clinton, and Sanders isn't going to become the nominee with or without Biden entering the race. Yes, Clinton has close ties to numerous seedy corporations/firms and her high unfavorables are worrisome, but I don't know how any progressive could support Biden. Even if he does come off as a "nice guy."

Is it important that a Repugnant not become POTUS? Absolutely. But, again, unless Biden is much more likely than Clinton to win the necessary swing states (remember that the vast majority of states are already decided regardless of who the nominee is) and he can actually overtake Clinton to become the nominee, then what's the benefit to him running?

Pretty sound argument if you don't think he is more electable than Clinton. It would get messy if they ran head-on, IF both were truly all in.

I personally think Joe is more electable at this point, very much because of that same swing states argument. He also has a better favorability rating amongst women and independents than HRC, and she will bring out the fire of the GOP's voting base. But I can also see how, if she can somehow turn the ship around, it's a big natural advantage in the General.

So at this point, doing what's being done now makes a lot of sense. Run HRC while keeping Biden visible, in case things somehow worsen. Officially eliminating either too early could bite us in the ass later.

I don't have a swing states argument, per se. Other than to say the election boils down to a handful of states. Actually, if the Democratic nominee can simply win Florida, it's probably game over. Those 29 electoral college votes would almost guarantee that the Democrat (whoever she or he is) will reach 270.

Assuming for a moment that Biden can actually overtake Clinton and win the nomination, is he more likely than Clinton to win Florida or Ohio or other of the swing states? I have no idea. Is it worth the risk of potentially damaging Clinton if Clinton still ends up being the nominee? Again, I don't know, but my hunch is that it isn't.