Joe Biden tops Democratic presidential poll ahead of Sanders

Joe Biden tops 2020 Iowa Democratic presidential poll ahead of Sanders

The former US vice-president Joe Biden has topped a poll of Iowa voters. A poll that also showed Senator Bernie Sanders gaining momentum against him placing second.

The Des Moines Register Iowa poll has a long track record of relative accuracy in the state that kicks off the presidential nominating process. Iowa will hold the first contest in the Democratic race in February 2020.

Biden, who has not announced whether he is running in the 2020 election, is the first choice for president of likely Iowa Democratic caucus-goers with 27% in the Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll. Sanders, 77, got 25%.

At least a dozen major candidates already have jumped into the Democratic contest to pick a nominee to challenge Donald Trump, with Biden still nor confirming or denying he will contest.
In most national polls of Democrats, Biden has had a solid lead while Sanders, who lost the 2016 Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton, typically is in second.

This was the Register’s first Iowa poll since candidates entering into the race at the beginning of the year.

Via The Des Moines Register