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Nevada polling looking up for Biden as campaign faces new Hunter scrutiny

By Joseph Simonson
Published December 10, 2019 5:01am ET
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Vice President Joseph Biden participates in a round table discussion on fighting domestic violence at Safehouse Denver, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Sitting next to Biden are Rose Andom, center, of the Rose Andom Center, and Dr. Kathryn Wells of Denver Health. Biden visited Safehouse Denver as part of his ongoing recognition that 2014 marks 20 years since the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, which then-senator Biden introduced as a bill in the 1990s. | (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

LAS VEGAS — The Nevada caucuses are shaping up as a potential firewall for Joe Biden if the first two 2020 Democratic nominating contests don’t go his way.

Polling ahead of the Feb. 22 caucuses is the most positive for the former vice president and Delaware senator in months, giving him a boost as he campaigns in Nevada on Tuesday. The Nevada campaign swing comes as polls in Iowa, hosting the kick-off Feb. 3 caucuses, and New Hampshire, with its Feb. 11 primary, show Biden, 77, in a dogfight with top-tier rivals Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Pete Buttigieg.

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