Sanders strengthens lead nationwide, edging out Biden amongst black voters as Bloomberg nosedives – ballot

Progressive champion Bernie Sanders has cemented his lead within the Democratic race, pulling forward of Joe Biden in help from black voters because the candidates put together for the South Carolina major, in response to a brand new ballot.

Main the opposite rivals by a 11-point margin, Sanders has secured a double-digit lead for the primary time within the race, with 26 % of these surveyed in a brand new Reuters/Ipsos ballot saying they might vote for the Vermont senator. Former Vice President Joe Biden and billionaire former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, in the meantime, stay tied for a distant second, every garnering 15 %.

With Biden counting on South Carolina’s African American voting bloc in subsequent Saturday’s major – which makes up greater than half of the state’s Democratic voters – the brand new ballot marks a significant blow for the previous VP. Sanders has now secured a three-point lead over Biden amongst black voters nationwide, sending the Biden marketing campaign into panic mode because it steps up its assaults on the avowed democratic socialist, searching for to hurt his credibility amongst that key demographic.

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Confronted along with his diminishing help amongst black voters in the course of the tenth Democratic debate on Tuesday, Biden insisted he had “labored just like the satan to earn the vote of the African American group,” vowing to “win South Carolina” with the assistance of its black voting bloc.

BIDEN: “I've labored just like the satan to earn the vote of the African American group." #DemDebate

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A frontrunner early on within the race, Biden has seen a fast decline in current weeks, strolling away with dismal fourth and fifth place finishes within the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries. Although he completed in second in Nevada, Sanders got here out forward with a large lead of extra 25 %, receiving over twice the delegates.

Assist for Bloomberg – a late entrant to the competition who has skipped each major up to now, selecting to give attention to Tremendous Tuesday states later within the race – has slipped by two factors after a disastrous debate efficiency final week.

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Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren got here out tied with former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 10 % within the new ballot, with Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and billionaire activist Tom Steyer lagging behind with 4 and three %, respectively.

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