his campaign got some affirmation when the folks who run the monmouth poll said yes indeed their poll had essentially been an outlier. it had him in a dead heat with warren and sanders. what are you hearing about that this morning? reporter: yeah, look. the biden campaign was very pleased to see the next several national polls reflect the broader trend which is that biden is still the front-runner in some cases by a significant margin. it is a good reminder for all of us in this line of work and the folks covering the race closely to never put too much stock in any one poll. keep an eye on the averages. keep an eye on the trends. in this case the trend line does still show biden with broad support across the party. we re here in south carolina today. it s probably his single strongest state. he s got bed rock support with african-american voters in this state, very important for the primary, and again, the trend lines are fairly consistent here. biden in the lead. bernie sanders and
primary states may matter far more than the nationwide snapshots obviously that we all look at. is that sort of what a lot of these second, third tier candidates are hanging their hat on? sure. broe barack obama changed his life by winning iowa. beto o rourke thought he could repeat that in iowa and spent more time there and he isn t raising much of a pulse there right now. the big thing to look for in terms of warren and sanders is their combined vote total in every poll, nationally and locally, has been 30%. it s been when bernie was out polling her 3-1 it was still a combined 30%. warren is going to try to make an electability case. yes i am progressive but i m also electable. having those three on the debate stage biden is electable, sanders is a progressive revolutionary. warren wants to be both. that is the interesting thing. can she grow that above 30%? can she appeal to people beyond the progressive race? i think that is the biggest question. that is the key thing peopl