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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has moved out to a commanding lead in California with 32% support among likely Democratic voters in the critical Super Tuesday state, according to a poll released by the Public Policy Institute of California.
Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Bloomberg and Pete Buttigieg were all bunched within the poll’s margin of error for the next slots, with Biden at 14%, Warren at 13%, and Bloomberg and Buttigieg each with 12%. No other candidate had more than 5% support in the poll by the Public Policy Institute of California, a nonpartisan California think tank.
The poll, conducted from February 7 to February 17, had a margin of error of 5.7 percentage points.
But Sanders’ 32% support cemented him as the front-runner in California, after winning the New Hampshire primary and coming in the top two in Iowa.
“One reason Sanders is strong here is that a lot of people feel left out of this miracle economy, but there’s more to it than that,†said Bill Carrick, a Los Angeles-based Democratic consultant.
California is among 14 states and territories that vote on Super Tuesday, March 3.