According to the Washington Post-ABC poll, 32% of Democratic voters said they would vote for Sanders, a nine-point gain from January's poll.
Following strong finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., now holds a double-digit lead over other Democratic presidential contenders in a new national poll.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who had previously led in the poll, saw his support halved from 32% to 16%, putting him in second place. Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg polled at 8%, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., at 7%, businessman Tom Steyer at 2%, and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, at 1%. Biden, Sanders, Warren, Bloomberg, Buttigieg, and Klobuchar all beat Trump in head-to-head match-ups in the poll.
Candidates will debate tonight in Las Vegas ahead of Saturday's caucuses, and the debate stage will include Bloomberg for the very first time.The poll was conducted from Feb. 14-17 of 408 Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters, with a margin of error of six percentage points. The overall results have a sample of 1,066 adults and a sampling error of 3.5 percentage points.
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