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Electability argument. he is seeing it with biden and warren. you have to win those independents to win in the election. at this point the three major candidate are basically breaking even with donald trump and michael bloomberg is saying, i'll tell you on it. >> when you look at where, bloomberg was popular enough here that they changed the city charter to get happy third material. he did not do that great with the minority communities here. that's the strong hold not just for biden but you have to have it as a democrat to win. >> and we've been pointing out this gentleman who is running 40 t...

The electability argument that all of these candidates are trying to make now as it relates to president trump, some more than others like elizabeth warren are trying to make the case about their vision for the country. talk through the big weekend in iowa and what you heard from senator warren and others while you were there. >> reporter: hallie, we're exactly three months away from the iowa caucus now and you had the conversation about electability. here in the iowa caucus folks could show up on caucus day and take part in the democratic caucus. i think the pete buttigieg campaign is the one...

On donald trump, and in a year when democratic voters are looking at this broad field of democratic candidates that they want someone who can take on and win against president trump in 2020, and if that's the calculus, the campaign says that joe biden is their person to do that. so those are the numbers they're happy to see, and that electability argument, fred, is one we continue to hear from this campaign over and over again. >> jessica dean, abby phillip, thanks to both of the you. i'm joined now by mark mckinnon, former campaign adviser for president bush and john mccain. and patty silas...

Worried? >> fred, when you talk to the biden campaign, they're pleased with these polls and there is a couple reasons why, they'll say. they'll say, number one, this is reinforcing an argument they've been making for months now, that biden is the one candidate that can create this diverse coalition of voters, democratic voters, that can get behind joe biden and propel him to a victory if he's the nominee in 2020. they're talking about african-american support, hispanic support, independents, working class voters, that he can really bring those voters together and he's the candidate to do it. a...

Has mayor pete surging, but the guys also outspending joe biden by five to one in that state. iowa caucus goers are very serious about their politics, so 58% of them are saying they want new leadership while 28% say they want somebody with longevity of government history but an overwhelming 75% say they need a candidate who inspires them. so in the actual caucuses you see a lessening of the electability argument and encouragement of the let's pick a candidate who can inspire me argument instead. >> hanna, the poll also looks at who democratic voters say has the best chance to defeat president ...