Former Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke emerged in a new poll as the most likely to beat President Donald Trump if he were to win the Democratic nomination in 2020.

In a new CNN/SSRS poll released Thursday, 52 per cent of registered voters said they would vote for O’Rourke if he was running against Trump in the general elections.

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders came in a close second and third with 51 and 50 per cent, respectively.

Of the six Democratic candidates the surveyed polled about, five earned more per cent of respondents’ vote than Trump.

Fourty-seven per cent of registered voters said they would vote for Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren if she were up against Trump in 2020, and 48 per cent said they would vote for the incumbent president.

In a new poll Beto O'Rourke emerged as the most likely to take out President Donald Trump if he were to run against him in the general elections. Of six top Democratic candidates, those polled favored five of them over Trump

Fifty-two per cent of voters in a recent poll said they would vote for former Texas Congressman O'Rourke over Trump, and 42 per cent said they would vote for the incumbant president

The president only came out on top of one of six Democrats included in the poll: Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren

Of the 1,007 registered voters interviewed for the poll, 33 per cent described themselves as Democrats, 26 per cent are Republican and 41 per cent say they identify as independent or part of another political party.

Results of the pull have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.

O'Rourke gained name recognition in the 2018 midterms when he attempted to unseat Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz.

Despite earning celebrity endorsements, including from singer Beyonce Knowles, and national new coverage, O'Rourke was unsuccessful in his run against Cruz.

He did, however, launch a 2020 presidential campaign on March 14, and now seems to be gaining traction in the crowded contest.

Biden and Sanders have regularly polled as the top two candidates in term of popularity among Democratic voters.

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The former vice president slipped in polls behind Sanders ahead of his official announcement after several women came forward and accused Biden of making them feel uncomfortable with physical interactions.

In an April 13 poll, 29 per cent of Democratic primary voters said they favored Sanders, and 24 per cent say they would likely vote for Biden.

Surprisingly, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a former long-shot candidate, came in third behind Sanders and Biden, even though he only earned 9 per cent of the vote in the same poll.

Buttigieg, who is openly gay and has been married since June 2018, officially announced he was running just a day before the poll was published.

The Vermont senator, who is running in his second consecutive bid for the White House, also led the pack financially, in the first quarter of 2019.

Sanders brought in $18.2 million from January 1 to March 31 this year, and previously held the record for fundraising cash the first 24 hours after announcing.

Sanders raised $5.9 million the first day after launching his bid February 19, 2019.

When Biden announced last month he was launching his campaign for his third bid for president, he passed Sanders' landmark by raising $6.3 million in the first day.

Biden released his campaign announcement video April 26, after 19 candidates had already entered the race. His bid came after months of speculation and conflicting reports over when and where the now-candidate would join the crowded Democratic field.

There are now 21 candidates running in the Democratic primary.