The mayor saw a huge, 16-point jump in support since September.
. That marks a huge, 16-point jump in support since September. The other top three candidates are all virtually tied for second place, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 16 percent, and former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders each at 15 percent. Of the three candidates, Sanders is the only who gained support since September, rising four points from the earlier poll. Warren, on the other hand, dropped six percentage points and Biden lost five points of support.
After the top four, no other candidate has support in the double digits. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is next in line with 6 percent while Sens. Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Tom Steyer, and Andrew Yang all clock in at 3 percent. Buttigieg’s numbers show a big payoff to the way the mayor has increased his investment in Iowa, betting that his views would resonate with voters in the state. In the last few months, Buttigieg has doubled his staff in Iowa and. But all that time and money still hasn’t helped Buttigieg convince voters he is the candidate to most likely beat Trump.
The rise of Buttigieg also suggests that Democratic voters in Iowa are leaning favorably toward the centrist agenda espoused by the mayor. When it comes to the mayor, 63 percent of likely caucusgoers say his views are about right, with only 7 percent saying he is too liberal and 13 percent too conservative. Biden comes in second place with 55 percent describing his views as “about right,” with 28 percent saying his views are too conservative.
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