CONCORD, N.H. — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg are leading the front in the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary, according to the new NBC News/Marist poll.
Sanders gets the support of 22% of likely Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire, according to the poll.
Buttigieg is at 17 percent, Former Vice President Joe Biden follows at 15 percent, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., at 13 percent and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., at 10 percent.
The New Hampshire primary takes place on Feb. 11, eight days after the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, gets 6 percent, and entrepreneur Andrew Yang gets 5 percent. No other Democrat gets more than those percentages.
The margin of error for the survey’s 697 likely Democratic primary voters is plus-minus 4.5 percentage points.
In 2016, Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary by more than 20 points, 61 percent to 38 percent.
The poll also finds 49 percent say that the most important factor to them is finding a nominee who has the best chance of defeating Trump.
