Article snippet: Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren shrugged off surveys showing her gaining support nationally and in some key early primary states, to place second behind front-runner Joe Biden. ‘‘It’s way too early to talk about polls. What are we, eight months away from the first caucuses and primary elections?’’ the Massachusetts Democrat told reporters Saturday in Charleston, S.C. A national Economist/YouGov poll released on Wednesday showed Warren in second place among the large Democratic field with 16 percent, behind Biden’s 26 percent and ahead of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’s 12 percent. A poll of likely California voters by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Government Studies out Thursday also put Warren in second with 18 percent, behind Biden’s 22 percent and a point better than Sanders at 17 percent. California, the most populous state, moved its primary this year to early March from early June in 2016. Warren also was second in a South Carolina poll released Sunday by the Post and Courier newspaper, with 17 percent support among likely voters in the Feb. 22 primary, less than half of Biden’s 37 percent. South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg is at 11 percent, according to the poll. Iowa will be the first state to hold a 2020 nominating contest. A week ago, a survey released by the Des Moines Register and CNN gave Warren 15 percent backing, placing her third behind Biden’s 24 percent and Sanders’s 16 percent. Iowa holds its caucus Feb. 3. ‘‘I’m out ther... Link to the full article to read more