A new poll released Monday placed Sen. Bernie Sanders and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as the two most-favored candidates for registered Democrats in New York, with former Vice President Joe Biden in a distant third.
The survey, released by the Siena Research Institute, placed Sanders in the lead in New York, with 25% of registered Democrats saying they would vote for him in the primary.
Bloomberg was close behind, with 21% of registered Democrats selecting him as their candidate. Biden collected 13% of respondents, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren trailing him by just two points ahead of the April primary in New York.
Siena College pollster Steve Greenberg said Bloomberg has the lead in New York City, while Sanders collected more votes upstate.
“Bloomberg leads in New York City with Sanders second, while Sanders leads upstate and in the downstate suburbs, where Bloomberg finishes third in both,” Greenberg said. “Bernie is trouncing with younger voters and Mike has a commanding lead with older voters. Men side with Bernie, while women lean toward Mike.”
Pete Buttigeig, the former mayor of South Bend, IN, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, each polled at 9% with registered Democrats, according to the poll.
It’s not all bad news for candidates at the bottom, according to the poll. It found that 11% of registered Democrats either didn’t know who they would vote for, or just didn’t answer the question.
Each of the six top-rated candidates were projected to defeat President Donald Trump in New York, according to the poll. That question was posed to each of the poll’s respondents, not just registered Democrats.
Bloomberg came out on top in a head-to-head match-up with the incumbent, with 58% of voters saying they would choose him over Trump. Sanders and Buttigieg each polled at 56% compared to Trump, while the remaining candidates were each a few points lower.
New York’s new laws on cash bail also took a hit in the new poll, with 59% of those polled saying they were bad for New York, compared to 33% who felt the opposite. The poll showed that Republicans largely sided against the law, but Democrats were nearly split.
View the full results of the poll below: