Sanders, Warren tied in Massachusetts: poll

Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are statistically tied in Massachusetts ahead of the Bay State’s Super Tuesday primary, according to a Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV poll released Saturday.

The poll found 24 percent of respondents leaning toward or planning to vote for Sanders, with 22 percent for Warren. The two are separated by less than the poll’s 4.4-point margin of error.

The poll found nearly all other candidates in a statistical tie for second place, with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg pulling 13 percent, former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg with 12 percent and former Vice President Joe Biden with 11 percent.

Sanders has heavily campaigned in Massachusetts ahead of Tuesday, holding rallies in both Boston and Springfield

Although a victory for Warren in her home state is far from assured, supporters have said a loss need not be the end of the line for the Massachusetts senator.

“It comes down to not who is winning how many states, but how many delegates you are getting in each state,” Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu, who has endorsed Warren, told the Globe. “There’s not a must-win state for anyone.”

The poll was conducted among 500 likely voters Wednesday through Saturday with live callers surveying respondents on landlines and cellphones.