Buttigieg closes on Biden, Warren in Iowa: poll

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg now stands at third place in Iowa, according to a new poll, closely trailing former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in the early caucus state.

Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., has the support of 13 percent of 500 likely Democratic caucusgoers, based on a Suffolk University/USA Today poll released Monday. 

That places him just behind Biden and Warren, who are in a dead heat for first place at 18 percent and 17 percent, respectively.{mosads}

The poll also found that Buttigieg holds a narrow lead over Warren and Biden among debate-watchers, with 19 percent support compared to 17 percent for each of them. 

The new poll shows a big jump for Buttigieg, who was polling at just 6 percent among likely caucusgoers in a June poll. Warren also shot up 4 points from 13 percent since June. 

Biden, who led the field at 24 percent in June, dipped 6 points as other Democrats closed in on his lead. 

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is holding steady at 9 percent, the same support he had in June. 

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who had shot up to second place in June after a strong performance in the second primary debate, dropped 13 percentage points and is now in a three-way tie for sixth place. 

Harris is tied at 3 percent with billionaire philanthropist Tom Steyer, who was in his first debate of the primary last week, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). 

The poll was conducted after last week’s debate, Oct. 16-18. There is a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points. 

The Hill has reached out to pollsters for information on methodology, including what factors were weighted for in the survey results. 

Tags Amy Klobuchar Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren Joe Biden Pete Buttigieg Tom Steyer Tulsi Gabbard

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