Warren is polling better than Biden and starting to look like a 2020 Democratic frontrunner [View all]

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren is closing the gap and maybe even surging past former Vice President Joe Biden in important early voting states and at the national level, according to multiple recent polls, all signs that she poses a significant challenge to the former vice president's frontrunner status.

Biden has held onto a solid lead atop a wide, diverse field of Democratic candidates for months, but Warren has been gaining on the former vice president in recent weeks and has now pulled past him in multiple polls.

A Monmouth University poll conducted last week in New Hampshire and released Tuesday put Warren 2 points above Biden with 27% support among those considered likely to vote in the Democratic primary. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who won a stunning victory in the 2016 presidential primary in New Hampshire, was in third with just 12% support.

And a poll taken in Iowa last week and released Sunday, sponsored by CNN and the Des Moines Register, also put Warren ahead of Biden by 2 points, 22% to 20% among those considered likely to attend the state's Democratic caucus. Sanders, who lost in Iowa in 2016, was also in third in this poll, with 11% support.

Both states' poll results were within the margin of error, showing the races remain tight.

https://www.businessinsider.com/warren-surges-ahead-of-biden-looking-like-2020-democratic-frontrunner-2019-9