Sen. Elizabeth Warren can’t win a presidential popularity contest in her home state of Massachusetts.
The liberal Democrat got third place in a survey from Emerson College released Sunday.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., leads the Democratic primary field with 26% of the vote, followed by former Vice President Joe Biden at 23%.
Warren follows them with 14% of the vote, and is closely tailed by Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., at 11%, former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke at 8%, and California Sen. Kamala Harris at 7%.
The remaining 5% of voters are looking for another candidate.
.@EmersonPolling has Sanders 26%, Biden 23%, Warren 14%, Buttigieg 11%, O’Rourke 8%, Harris 7%… in Massachusetts. No Biden baseline from Emerson in this state, but inclined to think this is in-line with belief that he hasn’t not declined last few weeks. For Warren, yikes. pic.twitter.com/P3RWOAifeU
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) April 7, 2019
“This is a concern for Warren who at this time does not have a firewall in her home state, and her rival Sanders has a strong base in the Bay State,” said Spencer Kimball, director of Emerson Polling.
In a hypothetical general election contest, Warren easily beats Trump in the deep blue state, as do Sanders and Biden by comparable margins. Warren got 63% percent support compared to Trump’s 37%.
The poll was conducted among 371 people from April 4-7 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
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