根据周日公布的新的全国民调数字，佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯在民主党候选人中领先马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦九个百分点。
桑德斯在爱荷华州、新罕布什尔州和内华达州的前三次民主党总统初选中赢得了普选，赢得了34个代表席位，成为明显的领先者。新的哥伦比亚广播公司/YouGov一天前公布的全国民意调查显示，桑德斯在内华达州预选中取得决定性胜利，获得28%的民主党选民支持，沃伦以19%的得票率位居第二，前副总统乔·拜登以17%的得票率位居第三。
同样的民调数据还显示，在假设的正面交锋中，桑德斯是唐纳德·特朗普总统的最佳竞争者，47%对特朗普的44%。
印第安纳州前南本德市市长皮特·巴蒂吉格在周六的内华达州党团会议上下滑至第三名，但他仍以24名代表支持他的竞选而位居第二。
哥伦比亚广播公司/YouGov周日公布的全国民意调查显示，前纽约市长迈克尔·布隆伯格以13%的支持率排在第四位，而蒂吉格以10%的支持率排在第五位，明尼苏达州参议员艾米·克洛布查尔仅以5%的支持率排在第六位。
拜登曾多次表示，为了吸引黑人选民，他将在南卡罗来纳州扭转竞选形势。在下一个初选州的投票中保持领先。前副总统获得了南卡罗来纳州民主党28%的支持，桑德斯以23%的支持率位居第二，汤姆·施泰尔以18%的支持率位居第三。与此同时，沃伦在南卡罗来纳州的选民中排名第四，而巴蒂吉以10%的支持率位居前五。
尽管拜登继续在南卡罗来纳州的初选中投票，该州将于2月29日举行初选，但仅在三个月前，他以惊人的28个百分点领先于所有其他民主党候选人。11月，哥伦比亚广播公司/YouGov民调数据显示，拜登在南卡罗来纳州白人选民中领先，但桑德斯现在拥有最多的支持。
拜登在南卡罗来纳州的非裔美国选民中的支持率自秋季以来已经下降了两位数，这些选民占该州民主党初选选民的绝大多数。11月，拜登获得了54%的黑人选民的支持，而今天只有35%，下降了19个百分点。在同一时期，汤姆·施泰尔的支持率从黑人选民的2%飙升至24%。桑德斯仅以23%的非裔美国选民支持率落后于施泰尔。
周六内华达党团的投票后民调显示，55%的桑德斯支持者是白人，45%是非白人。相比之下，Buttigieg在各州和全国黑人选民投票中表现不佳，内华达州82%的支持者是白人。美国有线电视新闻网的入口民调显示，90%的桑德斯支持者年龄在65岁以下，而只有52%的拜登支持者年龄在65岁以下。此外，在过去几天里决定投票给谁的内华达州党团成员中，有四分之一最终选择了桑德斯。
根据周日公布的新的全国民调数字，佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯比马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦领先九个百分点。
BERNIE SANDERS HOLDS 9-POINT LEAD OVER ELIZABETH WARREN IN NEW NATIONAL POLL FOLLOWING HIS NEVADA VICTORY
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has a nine-point advantage over Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren atop the Democratic candidates, according to new national polling numbers released Sunday.
Sanders has garnered 34 delegates and emerged as the clear front-runner after winning the popular vote in the first three Democratic presidential primary contests in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada. A new CBS/YouGov national poll released one day after his decisive Nevada caucuses victory shows Sanders with 28 percent of Democratic voter support, Warren in second with 19 percent, and former Vice President Joe Biden in third with 17 percent.
The same polling data also showed Sanders as the best contender against President Donald Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head match-up, 47 percent to Trump's 44 percent.
Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg slipped to third place in Saturday's Nevada caucuses, but he remains in second place in terms of delegates with 24 standing behind his campaign.
The national CBS/YouGov poll released Sunday shows former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in fourth place with 13 percent support, Buttigieg in fifth place with 10 percent, and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar in sixth with just 5 percent.
Biden, who has repeatedly stated that South Carolina is where he will turn around his campaign in an appeal to black voters, remains atop the polls in the next primary state. The former vice president has 28 percent of support from South Carolina Democrats, Sanders is in second with 23 percent, and Tom Steyer is in third with 18 percent. Meanwhile, Warren comes in fourth place among South Carolina voters, and Buttigieg rounds out the top five with 10 percent of support in the southern state.
Despite his continued polling in first in South Carolina, which holds its primary on February 29, Biden previously led all the other Democratic candidates by a staggering 28 percentage points just three months ago. In November, CBS/YouGov polling data showed Biden in the lead among white South Carolina voters - but Sanders now holds the most support.
Biden's support among African-American voters in South Carolina, who make up a large majority of the state's Democratic primary electorate, has fallen double digits since the fall. In November, Biden held the support of 54 percent of black voters compared to 35 percent today, a 19-point drop. In that same time period, Tom Steyer skyrocketed from only 2 percent support from black voters to 24 percent. Sanders is just behind Steyer with 23 percent support from African-American voters.
Exit polls from Saturday's Nevada caucus showed 55 percent of Sanders supporters were white and 45 percent were nonwhite. Compare that to Buttigieg--who has struggled in state-by-state and national polls among black voters--whose Nevada supporters were 82 percent white. CNN entrance polls showed that 90 percent of Sanders supporters were under the age of 65, while only 52 percent of Biden backers were under sixty five. Additionally, one-quarter of Nevada caucusgoers who decided who to vote for in the last few days ultimately chose Sanders.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has a nine-point advantage over Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, according to new national polling numbers released Sunday.
