A new national Quinnipiac poll shows major movement in the Democratic presidential race, with Sen. Bernie Sanders leading the pack for the first time in the 2020 primary and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg leapfrogging to third.
Sanders, of Vermont, picked up 25 percent of the support from Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, with former Vice President Joe Biden at 17 percent and Bloomberg at 15 percent. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg round out the top five with 14 and 10 percent, respectively.
The dramatic shift comes ahead of the New Hampshire primary.
Biden was in the lead at 28 percent in the Jan. 28 Quinnipiac survey, conducted ahead of the Iowa caucuses where Sanders and Buttigieg hold the lead pending a possible recanvassing.
Per the Associated Press, the Iowa Democratic Party updated its results Monday, with Buttigieg projected to win 14 national delegates to Sanders' 12. Warren holds eight delegates and Biden has 6, according to the AP data.
"Clearly Biden's fourth place finish in Iowa has hurt the perception of what was his biggest strength — electability," Quinnipiac University poll analyst Tim Malloy said.
The poll also found that Bloomberg leads in head-to-head matchups between Democratic candidates and President Donald Trump, however, 51 to 42 percent. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.8 percentage point.
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