This archive report was first published on 27 August 2019.
Published on August 27, 2019, a new national poll by Monmouth University suggests that the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination race may be tightening.
According to the poll, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are in a virtual three-way tie, with Mr. Sanders and Ms. Warren each with 20 percent support among Democratic voters, and Mr. Biden with 19 percent.
Since June, Mr. Sanders and Ms. Warren have picked up several percentage points of support, while Mr. Biden's support has declined from 32 percent.
Patrick Murray, who runs the polling institute at Monmouth, said the poll suggested that the race for the Democratic presidential nomination was heating up.
“The main takeaway from this poll is that the Democratic race has become volatile,” Mr. Murray said. “Liberal voters are starting to cast about for a candidate they can identify with. Moderate voters, who have been paying less attention, seem to be expressing doubts about Biden.”
Mr. Biden's support has eroded in states that hold earlier primaries, dropping from 26 percent to 20 percent since June. It has also fallen among a broad range of Democrats, including those who call themselves moderate, conservative, and liberal, those with college degrees and those without, white voters and voters of color.
