(CNN) One thing is abundantly clear from CNN's poll of polls released on Wednesday: It's Bernie Sanders ... and then the rest of the 2020 Democratic presidential field, at the moment.

(NOTE: The poll of polls includes an average of the five most recent nonpartisan, live operator, national surveys on the race for the Democratic presidential nomination conducted among registered voters who consider themselves either Democrats, Democratic-leaning independents or likely Democratic voters. The surveys were conducted after voting in the Iowa caucuses began on February 3.)

Now, any smart political strategist will tell you that national polls aren't the best indicator of where a race is headed -- particularly after people in key early states start voting. Which they have!

But the results in Iowa and New Hampshire only lend more credibility to Sanders' status as a clear first among sort-of equals. He led the Iowa popular vote while apparently losing the delegate count by a fingernail. He won the New Hampshire primary. And polling in the lead-up to Saturday's Nevada caucuses suggests he's the likely winner there too.

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