Getty Poll: Biden a distant third in New Hampshire

Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire aren’t too eager to choose Joe Biden, a new Bloomberg/Saint Anselm poll shows — even as the media frenzy over whether the vice president will enter the 2016 race reaches fever pitch in Washington.

Biden received the support of just 10 percent of those polled, putting him in a distant third place.


Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leads the poll with 41 percent while former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton comes in second with 36 percent.

But Sanders and Clinton are neck and neck if voters' first and second choices are combined: Clinton at 64 percent vs. Sanders’ 63. Biden’s combined score is just 29 percent.

In June's Bloomberg/Saint Anselm poll, Clinton led the field with 56 percent, with Sanders at 24 percent. Biden was not included.

Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb — who dropped out of the race Tuesday — garnered 1 percent, tying him with Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee did not register.

The prolonged uncertainty surrounding Biden’s candidacy didn’t bother most voters — 62 percent said it didn’t matter. But 36 percent said that Biden's slow decision-making process made them less supportive of his candidacy.

The poll of 400 likely Democratic primary voters was conducted Oct. 15-18 by landline and cell phone, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.