Sen. Bernie Sanders leads the field of Democratic presidential candidates in Iowa, according to a new poll released Saturday
.shows one-in-four likely Democratic caucus-goers, 25 percent, pick Sanders as their first choice in next month’s caucuses.That gives Sanders a 7-point lead over his closest competitor, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who is at 18 percent, roughly tied for second place with former Vice President Joe Biden at 17 percent and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts at 14 percent. Sen.
In Iowa, the poll shows, Sanders is driven by support among young voters — along with a sizable gender gap. Roughly one-in-three male Democrats, 34 percent, say Sanders is their first choice — giving him a nearly 20-point lead among men over Buttigieg , Biden and Warren . The race is essentially tied among women, however, with the top four candidates all bunched between 17 percent and 20 percent.
Among Sanders’ supporters, a plurality, 44 percent, would pick Warren, a fellow liberal candidate. The majority of Warren’s voters, meanwhile, are split between Sanders and Klobuchar . For Democrats who worry that nominating Sanders — a self-avowed “democratic socialist” who is proposing a massive expansion of the federal government — will hurt the party’s chances of defeating President Donald Trump in the fall, the New York Times/Siena poll will offer little to ease their concerns.
Trump’s approval rating in the state is 51 percent, according to the poll, a little higher than his 46 percent disapproval rating.
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