Sanders Leads Against Potential Primary Challengers

Sen. Bernie Sanders has an early lead against New Hampshire Democratic primary candidates in the first poll since the Vermont independent announced his candidacy.

The Emerson College Polling showed Sanders with a slight advantage of 27 percent of the vote, former Vice President Joe Biden with 25 percent and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., at 12 percent.

No other candidate cleared double digits in the Democratic primary test of registered voters taken Feb. 21-22.

The survey also found President Donald Trump trails against all the potential Democratic nominees — and fares worst against Biden and Sanders, who both lead Trump 55 percent to 45 percent. Up against Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Trump trails 52 percent to 48 percent, but takes a 2-point lead, 45 percent to 43 percent, when Howard Schultz is added to the ballot.

Here’s other findings:

• 44 percent of voters 18-34 back Sanders, followed by Biden at 11 percent, Warren at 9 percent, and both Harris and former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke with 8 percent apiece.
• 30 percent of voters 35-54 prefer Biden, followed by Sanders, at 26 percent, Harris at 14 percent, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., at 10 percent and Warren at 7 percent.
• 30 percent of voters between 55-74 also prefer Biden, followed by Sanders, with 18 percent and Harris at 13 percent. Warren and Klobuchar tied with 8 percent apiece.
• 39 percent of voters 75 and older pick Biden, followed by Warren, with 18 percent, Klobuchar with 11 percent, Sanders with 10 percent and Harris with 8 percent.

The poll’s margin of error for that race was plus or minus 4.8 percent.

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