Joe Biden's surge is fueled by angst over who can beat Trump
-- Joe Biden has vaulted to the front of the Democratic 2020 field by touting his electability. Now his rivals for the nomination want the party’s voters to know that they, too, have the chops to beat President Donald Trump.
On Saturday, Biden’s closest rival, Bernie Sanders, sought to assuage concerns about his electability, insisting he can expand the electorate and turn out disaffected voters. A striking 56 percent of Democrats said Biden had the best chance of defeating Trump in 2020, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on April 30. Sanders was a distant second, with 12 percent. South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg had just 4 percent, while Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker and former Congressman Beto O’Rourke had 3 percent. Harris had 2 percent.
After speaking at Iowa State University, Warren was asked by a reporter what she’d say to women who worry that she cannot win.
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