Elizabeth Warren is effectively tied with Joe Biden in New Hampshire, according to a 2020 Democratic poll of the electorate in the first-in-the-nation primary state.
Warren, a senator in neighboring Massachusetts, pulled ahead of the former vice president by 2 percentage points, with 27% support to his 25%, a Monmouth University survey released Tuesday found. Warren’s latest figures reflect a 19-percentage-point spike compared to when she earned 8% of the vote in May. Biden’s share plummeted by 11 percentage points, from 36%, over the same time period.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ support also dropped from 18% to 12%, while South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s appeal remained about the same increasing from 9% to 10%, Monmouth University reported. No other White House hopeful registered double-digit support.
The Monmouth University poll, conducted via telephone interviews with 401 New Hampshire registered Democrats and unaffiliated voters between Sept. 17-21, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points. But it’s the second such survey published within the last week to find Warren and Biden neck-to-neck in the Democratic race for the 2020 presidential nomination in an early voting state.
Late Saturday, Warren overtook Biden for the first time in a Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom poll, attracting 22% support among likely Iowa Democratic caucus goers to Biden’s 20%.
The results have redefined the crowded primary field that, to date, has largely been overshadowed by the former senator for Delaware’s front-runner status.
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