Bernie Sanders’s Backing in California Poll Hints at Big Delegate Haul

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Roughly one-fourth of likely voters in California back Bernie Sanders, but he could walk away with as many as half of the state’s delegates on Super Tuesday, a poll released Thursday shows.

In the Monmouth University poll, the Vermont senator was backed by 24% of likely voters in California’s March 3 primary, followed by former Vice President Joe Biden at 17%.