New National Poll Gives Bernie Sanders Lead For First Time

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is surging… to about where former Vice President Joe Biden is in the Democratic primary polls.

In the latest national poll from NBC/Wall Street Journal, Sanders takes the lead for the first time ever, with 27% of Democratic primary voters saying they would vote for the Vermont socialist. Biden took 26% of the vote in the new poll – a statistical tie with Sanders and well within the poll’s large (+/- 4.74%) margin of error. Still, it’s the first time Sanders has topped a national poll, according to NBC News.