Poll: More good news for Elizabeth Warren, within striking distance of Joe Biden in Nevada
USA Today
Elizabeth Warren has pulled within striking distance of Joe Biden for the lead in Nevada's influential presidential caucuses.
A new Suffolk University/USA TODAY Network Poll, taken after this month's Democratic debate, shows Biden at 23% and Warren at 19% in Nevada, the state that follows Iowa and New Hampshire in the opening presidential contests next year. Bernie Sanders is at 14%.
While Warren trailed Biden, the Massachusetts senator was within the margin of error of the former vice president for the first time in a public poll in the Silver State.
It is the second poll in recent days to show her gaining on Biden in a key state: She also has surged in Iowa, edging ahead of Biden in a Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll released over the weekend.
"Nevada was Elizabeth Warren's weakest early state but this finding is validation that Warren has reached an important inflection point," said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk Political Research Center. "The Democratic nomination could now become a two-person race between Warren and Joe Biden, as she is positioning herself for a first or second place finish in the first three Democratic contests."