Bernie Sanders leads the Iowa Poll for the first time, just weeks before the Iowa caucuses

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Brianne Pfannenstiel, Des Moines Register
Published 5:00 p.m. CT Jan. 10, 2020

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'There's just the Bernie factor'

Could Sanders gain the Iowa caucuses win that eluded him in 2016? Selzer said the data suggest it’s entirely plausible.

“There’s just the Bernie factor,” Selzer said. “Which is (even) stronger than we saw in the last cycle.”

Although this is the first time in his back-to-back races for president that the Vermont senator has led the Iowa Poll, his support this cycle has remained remarkably firm — a fact his campaign has worked to exploit.

Sanders' supporters are more likely than those who support the other leading candidates to say their minds are made up (59%), and they are “extremely” enthusiastic about their candidate (49%). Just 32% of Warren's supporters describe themselves as extremely enthusiastic, and 26% each for Biden and Buttigieg.

“There was a thought that his support was a holdover from when he ran before and that that would evaporate,” Selzer said. “It certainly has not evaporated."

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/caucus/2020/01/10/iowa-poll-2020-bernie-sanders-lead-iowa-caucus-president-election/4426492002/

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