NEW Morning Consult poll: Biden 54%, Sanders 38% [View all]

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https://morningconsult.com/2020/03/06/democratic-primary-polling-joe-biden-bernie-sanders/

The latest Morning Consult poll tracking the race found 54 percent of Democratic primary voters nationwide identified him as their first choice, putting him in front of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), his chief remaining rival, by 16 percentage points. The survey of 1,390 Democratic primary voters was conducted on Thursday, after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) ended her campaign. The poll has a 3-point margin of error.

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Democratic primary voters are starkly divided by age, with older voters overwhelmingly preferring Biden and younger voters — who have turned out to vote at much lower rates so far — siding with Sanders. Seventy percent of voters ages 45 and up are supporting Biden, compared with 57 percent of voters on the other side of that age divide backing Sanders.

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After Biden’s victory on Tuesday, primary voters are more likely than they’ve been after earlier contests to agree that the results are reflective of the Democratic Party (67 percent), and that the best-performing candidate will be the Democratic nominee (60 percent) and can beat Trump in November (62 percent).

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