The latest Quinnipiac poll also shows Buttigieg surging into second.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s support among Democratic primary voters nationwide plunged 50 percent over the past month, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll, signaling that the shake-ups in the primary field are far from over.
Former Vice President Joe Biden has retaken the lead in the poll after an autumn that saw him surrender his solid frontrunner status, climbing 3 points to earn 24 percent in the poll. Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., surged into second, rising 6 points to 16 percent, with Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders not far behind at 14 and 13 percent, respectively.
But Warren’s plummet — 14 points since the previous Quinnipiac poll taken a month ago — represents a brutal dive as the first nominating contests of 2020 inch closer. Warren has come under fire over the past few months since a summertime ascendance lifted her into the top tier of the primary field. She has received particularly intense scrutiny for her “Medicare for All” plan, including how she would pay for it.
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who officially jumped into the race only on Sunday, registered 3 percent support in the poll, as did Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Kamala Harris. No other candidate received more than 2 percent support in the poll, meaning that it has no impact on candidates’ progress toward making the debate stage next month in Los Angeles.
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Elizabeth Warren's plummet signals that the shake-ups in the primary field are far from over – even as the first nominating contests of 2020 inch closerhttps://t.co/dtpJRqspeG
— POLITICO (@politico) November 27, 2019
Buttigieg is quite successfully capturing the "somewhat liberal" lane, where a lot of Democratic voters reside. Overall, this primary is playing out in a way to suggest that left-right (or left-center) ideological positioning does matter after all. pic.twitter.com/U1ZmIhP0EA
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 26, 2019
You could almost watch the air go out of Warren’s tires after she released that utterly absurd Medicare for All funding plan. https://t.co/UFSa4cD3Xa
— David French (@DavidAFrench) November 26, 2019
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