Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) outpaces progressive 2020 rival Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for second place nationally, according to a Hill-HarrisX poll released on Monday.
Among likely Democratic and Democratic-leaning independent voters, Sanders holds 18 percent support, followed by Warren with 15 percent.
Former Vice President Joe Biden still leads the pack with 30 percent support, a 4-point increase compared to his low of 26 percent earlier this month.
No other candidate registered double-digit support, with South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg in a distant fourth place with 7 percent and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in fifth with 4 percent.
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has yet to formally announce his 2020 bid, registered at 3 percent in the latest survey.
The rest of the Democratic field, including businessman Andrew Yang and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), registered at 2 percent or less.
The survey comes ahead of the fifth Democratic presidential primary debate this week in Atlanta.
Wednesday night’s MSNBC debate is set to feature 10 candidates: Biden, Warren, Sanders, Harris, Buttigieg, Booker, Yang, billionaire Tom Steyer, as well as Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.).
In order to qualify for the November debate, the candidates had to garner support from at least 165,000 unique donors and register at least 3 percent in four qualifying polls or 5 percent in two early-state polls.
The new Hill-HarrisX poll surveyed 449 registered voters online between Nov. 16 and Nov. 17. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 percentage points.
—Tess Bonn
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