# Biden passesd a note to Warren behind the gym

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [August 22, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-passesd-a-note-to-warren-behind-the-gym/728545 "2015-08-22T21:08:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-passesd-a-note-to-warren-behind-the-gym/728545/81 "2015-08-26T14:11:49Z")

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And apparently trustworthiness and honesty aren’t very important to voters, because she’s still leading the polls anyway.

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**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-passesd-a-note-to-warren-behind-the-gym/728545/82 "2015-08-27T03:39:30Z")

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Not important to Democratic voters, or they simply don’t know anything but “wife of BIll Clinton, I like Bill Clinton!”

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-passesd-a-note-to-warren-behind-the-gym/728545/83 "2015-08-27T15:08:03Z")

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She’s also polling over potential Republican candidates in general-election polls.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-passesd-a-note-to-warren-behind-the-gym/728545/84 "2015-08-27T16:13:01Z")

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Well, except for being in free-fall.

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**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-passesd-a-note-to-warren-behind-the-gym/728545/85 "2015-08-28T03:35:56Z")

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Which has now led to her polling below Joe Biden and equal with Bernie Sanders against Republican candidates. So there goes her electability argument.

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**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-passesd-a-note-to-warren-behind-the-gym/728545/86 "2015-08-28T03:41:16Z")

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See, when you keep seeing polls that show “new lows”, that’s known as “free fall”, or “plummeting” or “precipitous drop” or “degradation”.

Whichever word you choose is fine.

> **[Hillary Clinton Hits Lows on Favorability, Trustworthiness in Poll](https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-57562)**
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> A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows Hillary Clinton hitting new lows on measures of honesty, favorability and trustworthiness, the latest evidence of Democratic frontrunner slipping in the polls.

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