{"id":83328,"date":"2019-07-29T21:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T04:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/?p=83328"},"modified":"2019-08-14T15:15:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T22:15:55","slug":"frontrunner-california-poll-harris-biden-buttigieg-ppic-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_ko\/politics\/2019\/07\/frontrunner-california-poll-harris-biden-buttigieg-ppic-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontrunner no more: California poll puts Harris on top and Biden (way) down"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\n\t\t
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The new poll puts Kamala Harris first in her home state. Biden, the presumed front-runner nationwide, came fourth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n

A new poll gives Sen. Kamala Harris a narrow lead among Democratic voters in her home state of California, but otherwise shows that the race is still up in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s probably terrible news for Joe Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the poll is also bound to disappoint Pete Buttigieg. The mayor of South Bend, Indiana, raised more money in California<\/a> in the past quarter than any other Democratic contender, yet he lagged in fifth place among the state’s likely Democratic voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new survey from the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California<\/a> found that 19% of Democrats and left-leaning independents who are likely to vote say they would cast their ballot for Harris if the presidential primary were held today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s still seven months before they could actually cast those ballots, but the state’s March 3 primary is a few months earlier than it has been in years past. And that seems certain to give voters here an earlier, more consequential say<\/a> about who will take on President Donald Trump in the general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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