Biden Sees 10-Point Surge Among Dems In Latest National Poll

Vice President Joe Biden, speaks to a crowd before he walks in the annual Labor Day parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Vice President Joe Biden saw his support almost double among Democratic voters in the latest national poll released Tuesday.

Biden surged to 22 percent among registered voters who identified as Democrats and lean toward the Democratic Party in the newest Monmouth University Poll, though he still trailed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who polled at 42 percent.

Biden has yet to launch a campaign, although he has said he is considering it.

The poll found Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in third place at 20 percent. There was little to no movement for other Democratic presidential candidates.

Biden saw a 10-point increase during the month of August while Sanders, who has had strong poll numbers in New Hampshire, only jumped 4 points. Biden’s favorability rating also increased to 71 percent, which tied him with Clinton.

Those polled overwhelmingly did not waver in their support for Biden if he would only serve one term. Eighty percent said his potential one-term presidency would not affect their decision to support Biden.

The poll was conducted among 1,009 adults, 339 of whom were registered voters who identified as or leaned toward the Democratic Party, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2. The poll was conducted by both landline and cell phone with live interviews. The margin of error was plus or minus 5.3 percent among the Democratic segment.

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