Billionaire and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has qualified for this week's Democratic presidential debate in Nevada.
US media tycoon Michael Bloomberg has qualified for Wednesday's Democratic presidential debate, after a new poll shows him leapfrogging several of his rivals, including Joe Biden, to claim second spot in the race for the party nomination.
The billionaire businessman who only jumped into the race in November, nearly a year after many of his rivals, earned 19 per cent support nationally, second to leftist Bernie Sanders at 31 per cent, in an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey.The moderate former vice president Joe Biden came in third at 15 per cent in the poll of some 1,400 registered voters, while progressive Senator Elizabeth Warren was at 12 per cent and pragmatist Senator Amy Klobuchar at nine per cent.
"The opportunity to discuss his workable and achievable plans for the challenges facing this country is an important part of the campaign process." In the RealClearPolitics national poll average he has climbed into third spot, behind Mr Sanders, also 78, and Mr Biden, who is 77.
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