Poll: Biden leads Warren by 12 points in Pennsylvania

Former Vice President Joe Biden has a strong lead among in Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential primary, according to a survey released Thursday.

The Franklin & Marshall College Poll showed Biden earning 30 percent support among registered Democratic voters, leading Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who received 18 percent support.

{mosads}The former vice president slightly widened his lead ahead of Warren since the last Franklin & Marshall Poll in July, when he received 28 percent support and the Massachusetts progressive had 21 percent.

Biden has led most national polls since he entered the race, but Warren has been gaining an edge on him, including in multiple early voting states.

The third 2020 Democratic top-tier candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), held at 12 percent support in Thursday’s survey. South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg reached 8 percent backing in the state, up from 6 percent three months ago.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) all had 2 percent support. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and entrepreneur Andrew Yang sat at 1 percent.

Harris experienced the biggest drop, down from 8 percent support in July.

A total of 8 percent of participants reported they were undecided on their chosen candidate if the election was today.

Franklin & Marshall College surveyed 482 Pennsylvanian registered voters, including 226 Democrats, between Oct. 21 and 27. The margin of error for registered Democrats was plus or minus 8.9 percentage points.