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Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders are leading the field among potential 2020 Democratic candidates for President in a recent poll.
According to a new Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll of likely Democratic caucusgoers, 27 percent say Biden is their first choice for President, down slightly from the 32 percent who said the same in December, but ahead of the 19 other declared and potential candidates tested.
According to the Des Moines Register, Biden has a 2-percentage-point advantage over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Though that’s within the poll’s 4.9 percentage point margin of error, other numbers bode well for the former vice president and suggest a stronger advantage over Sanders. The poll of 401 likely Democratic caucusgoers was conducted March 3 through 6.
“If I’m Joe Biden sitting on the fence and I see this poll, this might make me want to jump in,” said J. Ann Selzer, president of the Des Moines-based Selzer & Co., which conducted the poll. “I just can’t find much in this poll that would be a red flag for Joe Biden.”
WIBC hosts Rob Kendall and Abdul-Hakim Shabazz discussed the implications of the poll Monday. Click the link below to hear what they had to say.
