Poll: Biden holds 3-point lead over Warren

Former Vice President Joe Biden holds a slim 3 point lead against Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in an Economist/YouGov Poll released Wednesday. 

The new poll results follows Warren’s trend continuing to close in on Biden’s lead in the Democratic primary. 

Twenty-one percent of voters said Biden is their first choice candidate in this week’s poll, which is a 3 point drop from his lead in an Economist/YouGov poll released last week. 

An Economist/YouGov poll earlier this month found Biden held a 12 point lead in the race. {mosads}

This week’s results could indicate a shift following the first round of debates. As seen in many other polls, Warren and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) saw a surge in support. 

The web-based poll surveyed 1,500 people, 1,265 of which are registered voters. The margin of error is plus or minus about 2.9 percent. 

Harris trails Warren at 13 percent, pulling ahead of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) by 3 points. Harris had polled behind Sanders in last week’s poll, conducted before the debates. 

Support for South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg also went up by 5 points to 9 percent. 

All other candidates are polling at 3 percent or less.