Sen. Elizabeth Warren is being outshined in the 2020 race by her dog.
While she has settled into third place with about 7% support among Democrats planning to vote in next year’s primaries and caucuses, pup Bailey is first in a survey of names of potential presidential pets.
Warren’s lab, Bailey, is leading with 10% of the YouGov.com vote, followed by Joe Biden’s eldest German Shepard, Champ, and Beto O’Rourke’s pooch, Artemis, both tied at 8%.
In the poll, only the names of potential first dogs were offered to survey takers. Their owners were not identified in what essentially was a poll of dog names.
“It’s early in the 2020 race, and many dog-name voters remained undecided with 14% marking ‘don’t know’ and 17% not liking any of the dog names selected by candidates,” said YouGov.
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