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South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg is led through supporters and members of the media as he leaves a meet-and-greet at Madhouse Coffee on April 8 in Las Vegas.
The presidential race is still in its early stages, as evidenced by new polling showing favorability overwhelmingly driven by name recognition.
A new New Hampshire poll showed former Vice President Joe Biden leads what’s called a “ballot test” at 23%, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont at 16%, South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 11%, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts at 9%, Sen. Kamala Harris of California at 7% and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas at 6%.
As with other early polls, Biden is doing better among older voters and Sanders is doing better with younger ones.
Buttigieg by all indications is off to a very good start, with his name recognition rising by 33 percentage points among New Hampshire voters over the last two months, according to the poll from Saint Anselm College Survey Center at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
Importantly, his favorability is running ahead of the trend based on name recognition. Biden, Sanders, Sen. Cory Booker and Harris also are running ahead of trend, and one could say the same for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, though he is trailing the field significantly.
Warren, O’Rourke, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, former Rep. John Delaney and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper are running below the trend.
The poll of 698 randomly selected registered New Hampshire voters was conducted between April 3 and April 8.
