For 2016, progressives favor Warren to Clinton almost 2-to-1: poll

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is by far the most popular would-be presidential candidate among progressives in the Democratic party, boasting a nearly two-to-one advantage over presumed frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton, a new poll shows.

The liberal PAC Democracy for America surveyed its members and asked them to rank their top three choices for president in 2016. A total of 164,733 votes were cast in the so-called “pulse poll.”

Ms. Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, came in first by a wide margin, garnering 42 percent support among the organization’s members. Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders...