Former Vice President Joe Biden has the biggest lead over President Trump among the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, according to a new poll.
Biden leads Trump by 6 points in a head-to-head match-up, with 46 percent support compared to Trump’s 40 percent, according to the Morning Consult poll released Tuesday.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg also lead Trump in the poll. Sanders has a 2-point lead, at 44 percent compared to Trump’s 42 percent. Bloomberg also has a 2-point lead, at 43 percent compared to Trump’s 41 percent.
Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg has a slim 1-point lead over Trump, which is within the survey’s margin of error. Buttigieg gets 42 percent compared to Trump’s 41 percent when placed in a head-to-head match-up.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) trails Trump by 1 point, which also falls within the margin of error, with the senator at 42 percent compared to the president’s 43 percent.
A Morning Consult survey of more than 17,000 Democratic primary voters nationwide also found that Biden is leading the party’s 2020 field, with 31 percent saying the former vice president is their first choice.
Sanders trails in second at 23 percent, with Warren behind him at 14 percent, based on the poll.
Buttigieg trails in fourth at 8 percent, with Bloomberg, a late entry to the race, at 7 percent, based on the poll.
The poll was conducted between Dec. 30 and Jan. 5. The head-to-head match-up survey polled between 8,242 and 8,574 registered voters and has a margin of error of 1 percentage point.