Buttigieg surges as Warren, Biden slip: poll

Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg saw a surge in support in a new national poll, while backing for former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sunk. 

A CNN poll released on Wednesday found support for the South Bend, Ind., mayor jumped among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents from 6 percent in the network’s last national poll in October to 11 percent.

{mosads}Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) also saw his support tick up, within the survey’s margin of error, from 16 percent to 17 percent. 

Meanwhile, Biden maintained his front-runner status, but his support dropped from 34 percent to 28 percent. Warren’s support also dipped from 19 percent to 14 percent. 

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, businessman Andrew Yang and billionaire Tom Steyer each received 3 percent support. 

Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) garnered 2 percent support each.

The poll comes as Buttigieg continues to gain ground in a number of early states and national polls, carving out a four-way race within the crowded Democratic primary. 

A Quinnipiac University poll released on Tuesday showed Buttigieg surging to second place at 16 percent support nationally, behind Biden’s 24 percent support. 

However, the same poll showed that a majority of voters were still uncertain as to who they would ultimately back in the party’s 2020 primary.

Biden still led the pack with 35 percent of voters when asked who they would choose if the race came down to the top four contenders. Twenty-three percent said they would choose Sanders, and 20 percent said the same for Warren. Seventeen percent said they would back Buttigieg. 

The CNN survey was conducted by SSRS from Nov. 21 to 24 among 1,007 adults with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points. Of the 431 registered voters who identify as Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents, there was a margin of error of plus or minus 5.7 percentage points.