Voters rated Sen. Bernie Sanders
Bernie SandersJacobin editor: Primarying Schumer would force him to fight Trump's SCOTUS nominee Trump campaign plays up Biden's skills ahead of Cleveland debate: 'He's actually quite good' Young voters backing Biden by 2:1 margin: poll MORE (I-Vt.) the most honest of the Democratic presidential candidates when it comes to how their health care plans would affect individuals’ costs.
The Morning Consult poll finds that 49 percent of all voters rate Sanders as honest on the question, compared to 20 percent who don’t know and 31 percent who say he’s dishonest.
Joe BidenJoe Biden looks to expand election battleground into Trump country Trump puts Supreme Court fight at center of Ohio rally Special counsel investigating DeVos for potential Hatch Act violation: report MORE got a rating of 41 percent honest to 38 percent dishonest, Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth WarrenJudd Gregg: The Kamala threat — the Californiaization of America GOP set to release controversial Biden report Biden's fiscal program: What is the likely market impact? MORE (D-Mass.) was 36 percent honest to 37 percent dishonest and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg
Pete ButtigiegBipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Bogeymen of the far left deserve a place in any Biden administration Overnight Defense: Woodward book causes new firestorm | Book says Trump lashed out at generals, told Woodward about secret weapons system | US withdrawing thousands of troops from Iraq MORE (D) was 30 percent honest to 26 percent dishonest. As the debate over "Medicare for All" rages in the primary, Sanders has been upfront about the fact that taxes will have to go up for the middle class to pay for his plan, but he argues middle-class people will save money overall once the elimination of premiums and deductibles is factored in.
Warren, meanwhile, has taken heat for declining to directly answer the middle-class tax question. She has now said she will soon release a plan for how she will pay for Medicare for All.
All of the candidates rate higher among only Democratic voters, but Sanders still comes out on top on honesty, at 75 percent for Sanders, 67 percent for Biden, 62 percent for Warren and 51 percent for Buttigieg.
The poll also had a warning sign for Medicare for All. It found that just 31 percent of voters would support a plan “that would require the middle class to pay higher taxes, where the increased taxes were offset by overall savings on individual health care costs.”
Fifty-one percent of voters were opposed to such a plan.
