Democratic voters think Pete Buttigieg has a better chance of beating Trump after his Iowa surge
- Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg has a stronger case to make for his electability against President Donald Trump after his strong showing in the Iowa caucuses, according to new Insider polling.
- But Buttigieg isn't seeing that boost translate to a higher satisfaction rate among Democratic voters.
- Buttigieg cut into former Vice President Joe Biden's support in Iowa, and he's expected to do the same in New Hampshire, which goes to the polls on Tuesday.
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Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg has a stronger case to make for his electability against President Donald Trump after his strong showing in the Iowa caucus, but that hasn't translated to a higher approval rating, according to new Insider polling.
Among registered Democrats likely to vote in their state's primary, belief in Buttigieg's electability jumped from 26% prior to the Iowa caucus to 36% days after the caucus. Awareness of Buttigieg has also jumped to about 66%, up from an average of 59% over the last five Insider polls.
Democrats' satisfaction with a potential Buttigieg presidency stayed flat at 48% - the mayor's average satisfaction rate over Insider's last 10 polls is 49%.
For the past year, Insider has been conducting a series of SurveyMonkey Audience polls to gauge Americans' opinions on 2020 Democratic primary. You can download every poll here, down to the individual respondent data. (Read more about how the Insider Democratic primary tracker works here).
The 38-year-old former mayor ate into former Vice President Joe Biden's support in Iowa and he's expected to do the same in New Hampshire, which goes to the polls on Tuesday.
Buttigieg is polling in second in New Hampshire, behind Sen. Bernie Sanders - who beat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 New Hampshire primary with 60% of the vote - is poised to win the state.
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SurveyMonkey Audience polls from a national sample balanced by census data of age and gender. Respondents are incentivized to complete surveys through charitable contributions. Generally speaking, digital polling tends to skew toward people with access to the internet. SurveyMonkey Audience doesn't try to weigh its sample based on race or income. A total of 1,013 respondents were collected February 8-9, 2020, a margin of error plus or minus 3 percentage points with a 95% confidence level.