had that very zeroisearing confrontation, there wasn t really such a moment and i do think a question really for democrats was is this really going to continue to be a circular firing squad where the party does more damage to itself than it does to president trump. that s where cory booker did have the good line reminding everyone on the stage that they re pitting moderates against progressives. the only person benefitting is the person sitting in the oval office. i would say biden is seen as a weak front-runner by the entire field and that s why you saw him taking attacks from all different corners. people saw biden voters as their voters whether it s african-american support, whether it s the moderates, working class. voters who are migrating towards biden.
maintain it. it will be interesting to see if she s able to get that reboost and get back into the high teens. after going after him on racial issues specifically, how is she doing with african-american voters. we had a poll from monmouth university this week, it s the fourth primary contest of the season and itwe see joe biden wh an overwhelmingly his lead is large with african-americans. he s getting about half of the african-american vote in that state. and to me, that s an indication that we ve seen in the national polls as well. maybe harris was able to pull away some of that african-american support, but he still has an overwhelming advantage with him. when you look at who could be most electable, what do the polls tell us? joe biden has made this case over and over again, if you want someone who can defeat donald trump, i am your man. we had a poll from ohio this week, he s leading there, pennsylvania, florida, take a look at texas, it looks like a
attention, but they better be behind closed doors, going through the equivalent of a murder board, and making sure they have the mechanics down for this process, especially the former vice president, because although i didn t think he turned in a performance that was as bad as the conventional wisdom, he wasn t as sharp as he could have been, and you have to be ready to respond within 30 seconds. i ll just say this, relative to mallika s great points. there s some sensitivity there, because of the racial die am in aics as to how biden responds to senator harris or booker, if he s taking incoming from two charismatic candidates of the future, both people of color, is his african-american support, he s got to be careful in terms of how he wards off whatever challenge they may hit him with.
with getaway deals of at least 15% off, you can be a booker at booking.com. welcome back to hardball. the infighting among the democratic presidential candidates is heating up ahead of next week s second debate, which is in detroit. but a series of new polls out today shows voters in key states are still betting on the front-runner, vice president joe biden. a new quinnipiac poll out of ohio found only biden beats president trump outright. the poll shows biden leading by eight points over trump. meanwhile, a new monmouth poll out of south carolina finds the former veep leading among likely democratic voter there s by a huge margin with 39%. biden s lead is buoyed by african american supports who make up the majority of voterers in south carolina. i think they make up 62% of the vote with harris at 12, bernie
capitalize on that momentum and can biden turned it around? the numbers for pete buttigieg, and one of our last analysts said you can t win the democratic nomination without african-american support, and pete buttigieg polling at zero among african-american voters in our latest poll. we had a reaction just a couple moments ago from the mayor. pete, have a listen. i want to get your reaction. when you re new on the scene and you re not from a community of color, you ve got to work much harder in order to earn that trust. because trust is largely a function of quantity time. i m committed to doing that work. i think the most important question is will our policy benefit black americans and all americans. and if that happens, and if i can show that, i think the politics will start to take care of themselves. realistic? i mean, its certainly what we expect from him. mayor pete has had real success, certainly with big fundraising