Sanders, Buttigieg Gain in California Poll, as Warren, Biden Lose Support

L: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks on stage at "First in the West" event in Las Vegas, Nevada on Nov. 17, 2019. (Bridget Bennett/AFP via Getty Images) R: South Bend Mayor Democratic presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg, talks to the press after a Sunday morning service at Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina on Dec. 1, 2019. Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images

Democratic voters in California are leaning more toward South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), while Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and former Vice President Joe Biden lost ground, according to the results of a new poll.

Sanders leads with 24 percent support, a jump from 19 percent in a September poll, while Buttigieg was in fourth with 12 percent, doubling his support in the newest survey by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS). Warren slipped to 22 percent from 29 percent, and Biden dropped to 14 percent from 20 percent.