Biden, Sanders Are Running Neck and Neck in Nationwide Poll

(Bloomberg) -- Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders lead the Democratic field in a national poll released Thursday.

The 7 News/Emerson College Poll shows the former vice president with 30% support, followed closely by the Vermont senator at 27%.

The rest of the field is much farther down, with Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren at 13% and entrepreneur Andrew Yang at 8%. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News, is at 7% and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 6%.

The poll of 497 Democratic primary voters nationwide was conducted from Jan. 21-23. This portion of the poll has a margin of error of 4.1 percentage points.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: John Harney at jharney2@bloomberg.net, Max Berley

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