Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden leads the field of Democratic presidential candidates by 10 points, even though he has not yet joined the race, a new Quinnipiac poll shows.

Twenty-nine percent of voters said they’d vote for Mr. Biden in the 2020 Democratic primary, followed by Sen. Bernard Sanders at 19 percent and former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke rounding out the top three with 12 percent.

“Hungry for a candidate to take on President Donald Trump, Democrats and Democratic leaners put the three B’s, Biden, Bernie and Beto, at the top in a race where age, race and gender take a back seat to electability and shared views,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

Following the leaders were Sen. Kamala Harris (8 percent), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (4 percent), South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg (4 percent), Sen. Cory Booker (2 percent) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (2 percent).

Mr. Buttigieg had the most notable rise in the poll, beating his previous polling number of one percent.

Political ideology presented a large divide between Democratic voters, with 49 percent preferring a candidate who is more progressive while 44 percent want someone more moderate.

The poll interviewed 1,358 voters nationwide from March 21-25 with a margin of error of +/- 3.3 percent

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