A new post-debate poll shows Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren leading the field by multiple metrics among Democratic primary voters. The poll conducted by Civiqs for Data for Progress included both a pre-debate and post-debate sample, which showed very little change in voters' preferences.
Following the debate, primary voters favored Warren as their first choice for Democratic nominee:
- Warren: 30%
- Biden: 24%
- Sanders: 14%
- Buttigieg: 6%
- Harris: 6%
Warren also topped their list for second choice, while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Vice President Joe Biden slipped to fourth and fifth, respectively, by that measure:
- Warren: 27%
- Harris: 11%
- Buttigieg: 11%
- Sanders: 10%
- Biden: 9%
But Warren also dominated when voters were asked who they would choose if they could "wave a magic wand" and make any one of the Democratic candidates president:
- Warren: 30%
- Biden: 16%
- Sanders: 15%
- Buttigieg: 10%
- Harris: 9%
Interestingly, Warren picks up her largest number of “second-choice” voters almost equally from Sanders and Harris supporters: 59% of Sanders supporters chose Warren second, while 57% of Harris supporters made Warren their second choice. Warren also picked up 37% of Biden supporters and 36% of Buttigieg supporters. Overall, Warren was the top second pick of every other top five candidates' voters.
Warren voters, on the other hand, picked the following as their top second choices: Sanders, 21%; Buttigieg, 21%, Harris, 20%; Biden, 13%.