Morning Consult: Biden Leads Warren in Poll of Dems

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Former Vice President Joe Biden has a 12-point lead over his Democratic presidential primary opponents as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) moves into second place, according to a poll released Monday.

Biden holds at 32 percent support among registered voters planning to vote in the Democratic primary, a Morning Consult survey reported.

Warren is gaining some steam and follows at 20 percent, up two percentage points from Morning Consult's polling from a week before and now edging out Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at 19 percent.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg land behind the three front-runners at 6 percent and 5 percent, respectively.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/462806-poll-biden-holds-12-point-lead-over-democratic-field-as-warren-edges-up-to

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1. Think it's important to note that . . .

in the early primary states Morning Consult reported the spread goes to 34% (Biden) to Warren's 17%.

A 17% lead is pretty huge in a contest that's suppose to be tightening. Just saying.

However, in fairness there is a 4pt margin of error in the smaller 700-people poll. So, the configuration of the spread could be less or more with Biden still solidly ahead.