Former Vice President Joe Biden remains the 2020 favorite among Democratic primary voters nationwide, leading Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., by 12 percentage points 32-20, according to a new Morning Consult poll released Monday morning.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., comes in third with 18%, followed by Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., with 6%, and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg with 5%.
Biden and Warren's supporters said they would choose Sanders as a second option, and Sanders supporters said they would pick Biden.
Buttigieg and Harris' supporters picked Warren as their second choice.
The poll also found:
- Sanders is the most favorable of the candidates at 76%. Biden is second with 73%, followed by Warren (67%), Harris (57%), former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, (49%) and Buttigieg (47%).
- Support for Biden has steadied since it dropped seven percentage points in July.
- Support for Warren continues to tick up – in April she only notched 7%.
- Biden's lead over Sanders has widened by 13 points among support in early primary states, with Biden at 34% and Sanders at 21%.
The poll surveyed 7,487 registered voters who indicate they might vote in the Democratic primary or caucus in their state. The results were collected Sept. 13-15. There is a margin of error of 1 percentage point. Early primary states include Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada.
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