New poll finds Sanders and Warren are neck and neck in Massachusetts

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are locked in a close race in Warren’s home state of Massachusetts, a recent University of Massachusetts Lowell poll shows.

Of likely Democratic primary voters, 21 percent said they would support Sanders, while 20 percent chose Warren.

Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg follows Warren in third place (15 percent); former Vice President Joe Biden is in fourth (14 percent) and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg comes in fifth (12 percent), with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) holding the sixth-place spot with 9 percent.

Notably, 39 percent of surveyed likely voters said they could still change their mind about who they vote for.

Massachusetts is one of the 14 states that will hold its primary on Super Tuesday, March 3.

Sanders has found success in the first two nominating contests, virtually tying for first in the Iowa caucuses with Buttigieg and then winning New Hampshire outright. He’s also the favorite to win in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses.

Warren finished third in Iowa and fourth in New Hampshire, but received a fundraising boost Wednesday as a result of her strong primary debate performance in Las Vegas.

The poll was conducted Feb. 12-19 and surveyed 450 likely Democratic primary voters in Massachusetts. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 6.1 percentage points.