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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders took the lead in a fresh Washington Post-ABC News poll Wednesday before the Democratic primary debate in Las Vegas later in the day. The progressive candidate held support among 32 percent of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters in a survey of 1,066 Americans, knocking former Vice President Joe Biden out of the lead after the same poll was taken in January.
In the February poll, Biden held support among only 16 percent of voters, finishing in a distant second place and polling much closer to the third and fourth place contenders in the pack, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Those two polled at 14 and 12 percent, respectively.
In another poll released Tuesday, Sanders blew open an 18-point lead in California’s Democratic presidential primary and distanced himself from his rivals. Voter support in the Public Policy Institute of California nearly mirrored the nationwide poll: Sanders led with 32 percent among likely voters in the upcoming March 3 primary.
Both polls bode well for Sanders, but they also show Bloomberg making the largest leaps in support. The $320 million that Bloomberg has shelled out in campaign advertising since joining the race in late November has surpassed every other candidate.
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