Bernie Sanders is just four points behind Joe Biden in new South Carolina poll which puts former VP in front on a bare 27 per cent – and poll was BEFORE socialist won big in Nevada
- Joe Biden still leads in South Carolina, but Bernie Sanders was just four points behind him in one of the surveys that was released Monday
- An NBC News and Marist Poll survey had 27 per cent of Democrats and Democratic leaning voters supporting Biden, with 23 per cent for Sanders
- Another poll, from Public Policy Polling, had Biden with a 15-point advantage over Sanders, who just won the Nevada caucuses
Joe Biden still leads in South Carolina, but Bernie Sanders is in spitting distance of the former vice president in a new poll from NBC News and the Marist Poll.
Biden – long been the favorite in the first-in-the-south primary – has the support of 27 per cent of Democrats and Democratic leaning independents. Sanders is preferred by 23 per cent of respondents.
The poll was largely taken before Sanders’ overwhelming victory in the Nevada caucuses on Saturday, where Biden came in a distant second.
Former Vice President Joe Biden still leads in South Carolina, which holds a primary Saturday, but Bernie Sanders is 4 points behind him according to one new poll
Another South Carolina poll that dropped Monday had Biden in front with a sizeable lead.
Another poll, from Public Policy Polling shows Joe Biden with a 15-point advantage over Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders is 4 points behind Joe Biden in a new poll from South Carolina, where Democratic voters will head to the polls on Saturday. Biden has been the long-time favorite in the Palmetto State
The ex-vice president had a 15-point advantage in a Public Policy Polling survey earning the support of 36 per cent of survey respondents, versus the 21 per cent who reported backing Sanders.
In the NBC poll, billionaire candidate Tom Steyer comes in third place with 15 per cent support.
Steyer didn’t make the debate stage last week in Nevada. He will, however, appear in the Democratic debate Tuesday night in Charleston, meaning both billionaire candidates – Steyer and Mike Bloomberg – will be on hand.
Steyer has focused much of his campaign’s efforts on performing well in South Carolina.
No other Democratic candidates had double-digit support in the state, NBC and Marist found.
Pete Buttigieg had 9 per cent, followed by Elizabeth Warren with 8 per cent and Amy Klobuchar with 5 per cent.
Besides Biden and Sanders, the PPP found that every other candidate’s was in the single digits.
Warren had 8 per cent support, Steyer and Buttigieg were both polling at 7 points, Gabbard had 6 per cent and Klobuchar was only polling at 3 per cent.