Bernie Sanders may beat Elizabeth Warren in her backyard.

A new poll released Friday finds Sanders as the chosen candidate of 25% of likely Democratic voters in the Bay State. Among voters surveyed in the WBUR poll, Warren was the top pick for 17% of likely voters. Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg followed in third with 14% followed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg with 13%.

Former Vice President Joe Biden - who recently made a last-minute pitch to Bay State voters - saw single-digit support among likely voters.

The poll was of 426 likely voters and was conducted Feb. 23 - 26.

Sanders did best among men - with 28% polled expressing support for the Vermont senator, compared to 9% for Warren. Both Sanders and Warren did well among women, with both neck-and-neck at 23% and 22% respectively.

Sanders is largely considered the Democratic frontrunner following the Nevada caucuses. Ahead of the South Carolina primaries on Saturday, he leads with 45 delegates, followed by Buttigieg with 26, Biden with 15, Warren with 8 and Amy Klobuchar with 7.

On Super Tuesday, voters in Massachusetts and 13 states, the District of Columbia and other territories will head to the polls, where 1,357 delegates — about a third of the 3,979 contested nationwide — will be divided proportionally among candidates who earn at least 15% support. A candidate would need 1,991 to win the nomination on the first ballot at the Democratic convention.

In Massachusetts, 91 delegates are up for grabs on Tuesday.

The Democratic nominee needs 1,991 delegates to win the nomination at the Democratic National Convention to be held July 13-16 in Milwaukee.

Sanders is making a last-minute push in Massachusetts ahead of Super Tuesday. He will hold a campaign rally Friday night in Springfield and be on Boston Common for a second rally Saturday afternoon.

The Springfield rally is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Friday, at the MassMutual Center on Main Street in downtown Springfield. Doors will open at 6 p.m., according to Sanders’ campaign website.

On Saturday, the rally is scheduled to start at noon and supporters are asked to start gathering at 10 a.m. on Boston Common.

Both are free and open to the public, with entrance on a first-come basis.

Sanders campaigned in Massachusetts during his 2016 presidential but ultimately Hillary Clinton won by a narrow margin. In the less crowded field, Clinton managed to capture the majority of Massachusetts Democratic votes.

Warren was elected to the Senate following a hard-fought 2012 race against Sen. Scott Brown, who won the seat in a special election following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.

She became the first woman to represent Massachusetts in the Senate and women largely elected her to the seat. Women voters overwhelmingly voted for her while Brown received the majority of the male vote.

In her victory speech, she thanked “all the women of Massachusetts” who “taught a scrappy first-time candidate how to get into the ring and win.”

She won a second six-year term to the Senate in 2018, handily besting GOP challenger Geoff Diehl.

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