Sen. Bernard Sanders has taken the top position in a new poll of the Democratic presidential field, marking the first survey he’s led over former Vice President Joseph R. Biden.
Emerson College’s latest poll, released Monday, put the Vermont senator at 29 percent to Mr. Biden’s 24 percent.
But another poll released Tuesday by Morning Consult still had Mr. Biden on top, 31 percent to Mr. Sanders’ 23 percent, in line with the results of most other surveys which show a clear delineation at the top of the field, followed by a four-way contest for third place among Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
Emerson’s poll showed Mr. Buttigieg in third place with 9 percent, followed by Ms. Harris and Mr. O’Rourke at 8 percent and Ms. Warren at 7 percent.
“While still early in the nominating process, it looks like Mayor Pete is the candidate capturing voters’ imagination; the numbers had him at 0 percent in mid-February, 3 percent in March and now at 9 percent in April,” Kimball said.
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro and entrepreneur Andrew Yang then followed at 3 percent and Sen. Cory Booker at 2 percent. Everyone else received 1 or less.
The Emerson poll surveyed 356 national voters from April 11th to the 14th with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.2 percent.
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