Even Democratic voters who don't support Elizabeth Warren say she'll win this debate


The pressure's on for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
In an Economist/YouGov poll released Wednesday, Warren tied former Vice President Joe Biden with 26 percent support among registered Democratic voters. But in the same poll, a full third of Democratic voters said they expected Warren to win Thursday night's debates.
The poll was full of wins for Warren, including a third of liberal Democratic voters who said she was their first-choice candidate. She was viewed the most favorably of the candidates, and was chosen as a first or second pick by the biggest percentage of voters. Warren was also picked as the winner of the last two debates, per YouGov's previous polls, and now a full 34 percent say she'll do the best in this one.
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The Economist/YouGov poll surveyed 1,500 American adults from Sept. 8–10, who were selected via an opt-in Internet panel. The margin of error for registered voters was three percent. Find the whole poll here.
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