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Biden leads CNN poll, but Harris, Sanders on the rise | TheHill

posted onMarch 20, 2019
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Article snippet: Former Vice President MORE (D-Calif.). Biden, who has yet to enter the Democratic presidential race, is out in front with 28 percent of those polled. In second place is Sen. MORE (I-Vt.), who is backed by 20 percent of voters. But support for Harris in the poll has jumped to 12 percent, an 8-point increase since the most recent edition of the poll was released in December. Following Harris is former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) at 11 percent. O’Rourke launched his presidential campaign last week. No other candidate received double-digit support in the poll. Sen. MORE (D-Mass.) is in fifth with 6 percent of support, according to the poll. Biden's support dropped from 30 percent to 28 percent, while Sanders's support rose from 14 percent to 20 percent.  O'Rourke also saw a two-point climb from the last poll, while Warren went up from 3 percent to 6 percent. Former Secretary of State MORE (D-N.J.), who is in the race, has 3 percent. A more centrist candidate, Sen. MORE of Minnesota (D), also gets 3 percent. No other candidate in the race has more than 1 percent. That group includes Sen. MORE (D-Hawaii) and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D). Those results are based based on interviews with 456 Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents between March 14 and March 17. The margin of error is 5.7 percentage points. The CNN poll also found that 40 percent of respondents are "extremely enthusiastic" about voting for president in 2020. The enthusiasm is higher a... Link to the full article to read more

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