A majority of Democratic voters want Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 Biden's fiscal program: What is the likely market impact? McConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by 'downplaying progress' on election security MORE to stay in the race despite his narrowing chances of winning the party’s nomination, according to a new Morning Consult poll released Wednesday.

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The poll found that 57 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents think Sanders should stay in the race. That number is identical among all voters, with 28 percent saying he should drop out.

Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhat Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE, the front-runner for the nomination, is still preferred by the party’s voters, however, outpacing Sanders 46 percent to 42 percent.

The poll surveyed 2,001 registered voters from May 27 to 30. It has a margin of error of 2 percentage points.

Sanders’s insistence on remaining in the race has caused some worry among establishment Democrats who are growing wary of Trump, the Morning Consult reported. In a new Morning Consult general-election matchup, Trump trails Clinton by 3 points, 42 percent to 39 percent. The real estate mogul lost one point from the previous poll.