Race for Democratic presidential nominee Elizabeth Warren, the senator from Massachusetts, is gaining ground on former vice president Joe Biden in national polls 2020 Democratic presidential nomination (%) Poll average as of Oct 10 (RealClearPolitics) Joe Biden 27.8 Elizabeth Warren 26.0 Bernie Sanders 15.2 Rapid ascent (%) Warren’s poll numbers up sharply 35 30 Biden Oct 10 25 20 Warren 15 10 Sanders Sep 1, 2019 Oct 1 CBS News poll of support for Democratic candidates in crucial early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire (%) Iowa Warren 54 Biden 46 Sanders 43 New Hampshire Warren 63 Biden 50 Sanders 42 CBS News/YouGov online survey, Oct 3-11, 2019. Poll of 1,500 registered voters in Iowa (margin of error 3.1%) and poll of 1,050 registered voters in New Hampshire (margin of error 3.8%) Sources: RealClearPolitics, CBS News Pictures: AP, Creative Commons © GRAPHIC NEWS