Poll: Biden, Sanders in tight race in South Carolina

Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders on Monday are polling neck-and-neck in South Carolina, simply days before the Democrats are set to battle within the state’s Saturday main.

Biden has the help of 27 % of doubtless Democratic main voters in South Carolina, Monday’s NBC News/Marist poll exhibits, with Sanders following shut behind at 23 %. The distinction between the two candidates falls inside the poll’s margin of error of 6 proportion points.

Tom Steyer, the self-funding billionaire who has been campaigning closely within the state, placed third at 15 %. No different candidate made it to double digits, with Pete Buttigieg at 9 %, Elizabeth Warren at eight % and Amy Klobuchar at 5 %.

South Carolina, the place nearly all of Democrats are African American, has traditionally served as a check for which candidates can attraction to black voters. Buttigieg, who carried out properly in both Iowa and New Hampshire, has struggled to attach with black Democrats, and polled at simply 4 % amongst them in the NBC/Marist poll.

Biden polled the very best with black voters at 35 %, whereas Sanders sits at 20 %. The previous vice chairman is additionally anticipated to capture House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn's endorsement later this week, one other increase for the his marketing campaign in South Carolina.

Since he entered the race final yr, South Carolina has been a stronghold for Biden. But Sanders has continued to shut in, pushed principally by voters underneath age 45 (40 %) and voters who describe themselves as progressive (34 %).

In keeping with previous developments, the ballot exhibits that Biden carried out greatest among voters who say they are average, at 38 %, and voters who are older than 45, with 34 %.

The ballot was carried out earlier than Sanders' domination in the Nevada caucuses — and partially before final week's debate in Las Vegas.

As the candidates strategy Super Tuesday next week, some get together leaders worry Sanders may cruise to the nomination if the average candidates proceed to split the vote. South Carolina's outcomes might slender the sector — or current one other example of a divided social gathering cut up among the crowded subject of candidates.

The NBC Information/Marist poll surveyed 539 doubtless Democratic main voters from Feb. 18-21.

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