Elizabeth Warren leads Register's Iowa Poll for the first time, besting Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders

[ehrnst]

Elizabeth Warren has surged in Iowa, narrowly overtaking Joe Biden and distancing herself from fellow progressive Bernie Sanders, the latest Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.

Warren, the U.S. senator from Massachusetts, now holds a 2-percentage-point lead, with 22% of likely Democratic caucusgoers saying she is their first choice for president. It is the first time she has led in the Register’s poll.

Former Vice President Biden, who had led each of the Register’s three previous 2020 cycle polls, follows her at 20%. Sanders, the U.S. senator from Vermont, has fallen to third place with 11%.

No other candidate reaches double digits.

“This is the first major shakeup” in what had been a fairly steady race, said J. Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Co., which conducted the poll. “It’s the first time we’ve had someone other than Joe Biden at the top of the leader board.”

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2019/09/22/iowa-poll-election-2020-iowa-caucus-elizabeth-warren-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-democrat-candidates/2370015001/

[customerserviceguy]

1. If this is not a fluke

and she continues to lead (or at least be in the top within the statistical margin of error), then the target will be on her back at the next debate. She hasn't had any personal attacks to deal with so far, but I suspect someone will bring up that Texas bar card.

[Indykatie]

2. The Media Narrative Will Be Around Bernie Finishing Third if That Happens

I don't think it matters the order that Biden and Warren finish if they are 1-2.

[ehrnst]

5. What "Texas bar card" are you referring to? (nt)

[customerserviceguy]

6. The one where

she listed her race as "American Indian", even though she has never lived the life of a Native American. The one that caused a radio talk show host named "Charlemagne Tha God" to say to her face, “You're kind of like the original Rachel Dolezal, a little bit. Rachel Dolezal was a white woman pretending to be black.”

[gibraltar72]

3. Elizabeth has legs.

[BlueMississippi]

4. In a couple of months, BS will be in single digits nt

[George II]

9. In a couple of hours........oh forget it.

[sheshe2]

10. ...

[George II]

12. Why don't you just come right out and say what your "observation" is?

Four days (not two months) and you seem to know quite a bit about members who departed MONTHS ago. How come is that?

[NurseJackie]

13. ...

[Tarheel_Dem]

15. Good catch!

[sheshe2]

16. ...

[Tarheel_Dem]

14. That's a very good question.

[Aaron Pereira]

8. The more time she spends in front of voters the higher her numbers seem to go.

Warren is running a campaign of building and convincing.

[jcgoldie]

17. Just on small way I know I'm on the right bus...

Senator Warren does not need to be propped up by anyone here. Unlike some of the other candidates she she speaks very well for herself and doesn't need anyone to spin it.