Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren impressed registered Democratic primary voters the most following the second round of debates in Detroit last week, a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll showed.
According to the survey, Warren garnered 31% support from Democrats who say she performed the best overall, followed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders with 18%, and former Vice President Joe Biden with 14%.
California Sen. Kamala Harris, whose previous challenge to Biden on the debate stage in Miami pushed her numbers up, had her in the fourth slot at 8% followed by New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker with 5% and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg picked up 3% of support for how Democrats thought they debated.
Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, author Marianne Williamson, former HUD Secretary Julian Castro, businessman Andrew Yang, and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard all received 2% support from Democratic voters, while Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, former Maryland Rep. John Delaney, and New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand each received 1% from Democrats for their debate prowess.
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Rep. Tim Ryan, former Sen. Michael Bennet, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio each earned 0% in terms of support for their debate performances.
The poll surveyed 797 registered Democrats and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3%.
Another poll with the survey showed that Warren earned the highest percentage of “excellent” ratings from primary voters on her debate performance.
Around 44% of primary voters gave her the best marks followed by Sanders came with 32% who gave him an “excellent” rating. In third was Biden with 27% who believed he gave an “excellent” debate performance.
New York Mayor de Blasio did the worst in the poll, with just over a quarter of voters saying his debate performance was “poor.”
Although primary voters still see Biden as the most electable Democrat in the pool of candidates, he was also most frequently named as the White House hopeful they would not vote for at 14%, followed by Sanders at 9%, Williamson at 8%, and Warren and Harris at 7%.
