Warren gains support but Biden retains delegate lead in new poll

Former Vice President Joe Biden maintains the lead in the Democratic presidential primary, but Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is closing in on his first place spot, according to a new poll. 

A CBS/YouGov delegate tracker included in a poll released Sunday, estimates Biden has 600 delegate votes from early contest states. The estimate found that Warren has 545 delegates from the same early voting states. 

Sanders, with 286 estimated delegates, is in third, based on the poll. All other candidates were estimated to have fewer than 40 delegate votes. {mosads}

Warren is also neck and neck with Biden for support among primary voters in early states, based on the poll. 

The poll found them statistically tied, with Warren at 26 percent and Biden at 25 percent. 

Sanders polled at 19 percent. 

Harris was a far behind fourth at 8 percent, trailed by South Bound, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 6 percent. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) polled at 4 percent. 

All other candidates are at 2 percent or less in early states, based on the poll. 

Ten candidates will be facing off in a debate this week in Texas with the remainder of the field still hoping to meet the necessary polling criteria to qualify for October’s debates.

The poll surveyed 7,804 Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents between Aug. 28 and Sept. 4 There is a margin of error of 1.8 percentage points.