By the numbers: Biden’s national polling cratered, from 28.7% on Jan. 27 to 19.2% as of Feb. 12, with most of the damage done after his 4th-place finish in the Feb. 3 Iowa caucus, according to the RealClearPolitics average.
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Mike Bloomberg and Pete Buttigieg climbed 6.5 and 3.5 points, respectively, in that time. (Elizabeth Warren dipped 2.6 points and Amy Klobuchar edged up less than a point.)
But the large, moderate voting bloc that propelled Biden is now splitting between multiple candidates.
Between the lines: Biden has lost his electability aura on top of his standing in the polls. He dropped from 29% to 17% in a Morning Consult poll this week that asked who Democratic voters consider to have the best chance of beating Trump.
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