Elizabeth Warren +2 Over Biden In New Iowa Poll

The Des Moines Register reports:

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.”

Elizabeth Warren surges and Joe Biden fades in close Iowa race, a new CNN/Des Moines Register poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers shows.

Warren: 22%
Biden: 20%
Sanders: 11%
Buttigieg: 9%
Harris: 6%https://t.co/2ShU0OZTlY

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Combined 1st and 2nd choice in latest Des Moines Register/CNN poll:

• Warren 42%
• Biden 30%
• Sanders 21%
• Buttigieg 18%
• Harris 16% https://t.co/fUp8fbUeNx

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