Sen. Elizabeth Warren earned sizable support among Democratic voters in Iowa, making her a very close second to former Vice President Joe Biden.
Warren is the first choice among 15% of voters, the second choice among 14%, and 32% are “actively considering” her, according to the latest Des Moines Register/Mediacom/CNN Iowa poll. Altogether this virtually ties her with the former vice president.
Warren is also neck-and-neck with Sen. Bernie Sanders and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg as runner-up for first-choice candidate.
Biden, at 24%, remains the clear front-runner. Behind him, Sanders clocked in at 16%, followed by Warren at 15%, and Buttigieg at 14%.
Trailing them at 7% was Sen. Kamala Harris, followed by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke at 2%.
The remaining candidates polled at 1% or less.
Many Democratic voters maintain that Biden remains the most likely to stand a chance against President Trump in 2020.
Forty-one percent of Democratic voters asserted in a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll that the ability to defeat the president is the most important factor they consider when selecting a candidate.
