Poll Shows Bernie Sanders Surges to Nine Point Lead Over Biden
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We ran the numbers: There are 573 news articles covering this topic. 59% (340) are left leaning, 28% (163) center, 12% (70) right leaning.
A poll by the Iowa Emerson College survey of Democratic and Independent state voters between January 23 and January 26 found that Bernie Sanders is going into the Iowa caucus next week with a nine-point lead over second place Joe Biden. While left-leaning articles report on polls by Suffolk University and CBS, centrist articles report on the Iowa Emerson College survey and right-leaning articles report that Sanders has a massive lead in Iowa.
A left-leaning article by The New York Times reports that a poll of Iowa voters by CBS found that Sanders and Biden were statistically tied, while Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was within striking distance. New polling released showed Sanders leading in New Hampshire and tied with Biden in Iowa. The article attributes Sanders’ recent rise in polling to be a product of consolidating the liberal wing of the party.
A centrist article by Newsweek highlights that among Iowa voters under 50 years old, Sanders has 44 percent support, according to the Emerson poll, which gives him a 34-point lead over Warren. The article also notes that Emerson College Polling director Spencer Kimball said in a release that older voters favor Amy Klobuchar and have “cold feet” on Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
The New York Post published a right-leaning article highlighting that Sanders’ surge comes as the senator “remains bottled up in the US capitol serving as a juror in President Trump’s impeachment trial.” The article reports that the poll suggests that Sanders has escaped days of negative headlines about his dispute with Warren over whether he once told her that a woman could not be elected president.
From the left
U.S. presidential hopefuls Sanders Biden in tight race in early primary states
New York Times
From the center
Bernie Sanders surges to nine point lead over Biden in Iowa a week before caucus: poll
Newsweek