Bernie Sanders leads Iowa Poll for the first time, just weeks before Iowa Caucus
NEW Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows 20% of likely Democratic caucusgoers name Sanders as their first choice for president.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is leading the Iowa Poll for the first time, and just 3 weeks remain before the Iowa caucuses.
Sanders took the lead in the Democratic field and narrowly overtook his closest competitors, Sanders, Biden, and Buttigieg, all in a tight scrum just behind Sanders.
Here are the top line numbers:
IOWA WH'2020 poll
(DMR/CNN/Selzer, with trend from November):
Sanders 20 (+5)
Warren 17 (+1)
Buttigieg 16 (-9)
Biden 15 (+0)
Klobuchar 6 (+0)
Yang 5 (+2)
Booker 3 (+0)
Gabbard 2 (-1)
Steyer 2 (-1)
Excerpt from the Des Moines Register:
After a surge of enthusiasm that pushed Pete Buttigieg to the top of the field in November, the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor has faded, falling 9 percentage points to land behind both Sanders and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Warren is at 17%; Buttigieg, 16%; and former Vice President Joe Biden, 15%.
"There's no denying that this is a good poll for Bernie Sanders. He leads, but it's not an uncontested lead," said pollster J. Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Co., which conducted the poll. "He's got a firmer grip on his supporters than the rest of his compatriots."
IOWA WH'2020 poll (DMR/CNN/Selzer, with trend from November):
Sanders 20 (+5)
Warren 17 (+1)
Buttigieg 16 (-9)
Biden 15 (+0)
Klobuchar 6 (+0)
Yang 5 (+2)
Booker 3 (+0)
Gabbard 2 (-1)
Steyer 2 (-1)https://t.co/hcharuzx6M- Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) January 10, 2020
First choice + second choice combined:
Warren 33 (17+16)
Sanders 32 (20+12)
Buttigieg 31 (16+15)
Biden 27 (15+12)
Klobuchar 14 (6+8)
Yang 11 (5+6)
...no one else over 4.- Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) January 10, 2020
PHOTO by Gage Skidmore. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders walking in the Independence Day parade with supporters in Ames, Iowa. July, 2019. CC/by-sa/2.0/