Polls: Sanders in control over Biden, Bloomberg

The results

Washington Post-ABC News:

• Sanders: 32% (up 9% since January)
• Biden: 16% (-16%)
• Bloomberg: 14% (+6%)
• Warren: 12% (even)
• Buttigieg: 8% (+8%)
• Klobuchar: 7% (+4%)

NBC News-Wall Street Journal:

• Sanders: 27% (even since January)
• Biden: 15% (-11%)
• Bloomberg: 14% (+5%)
• Warren: 14% (-1%)
• Buttigieg: 13% (+6%)
• Klobuchar: 7% (+2%)

NPR-PBS NewsHour-Marist:

• Sanders: 31% (up 9% since December)
• Bloomberg: 19% (+15%)
• Biden: 15% (-9%)
• Elizabeth Warren: 12% (-5%)
• Amy Klobuchar: 9% (+5%)
• Pete Buttigieg: 8% (-5%)

What to watch: The Nevada debate marks the first time Bloomberg has qualified and will be on stage with the rest of the contenders.

• His rivals plan to curb his rise by painting him as a Democratic version of PresidentTrump — an egomaniac New York billionaire who's stained by sexism and racial slights, and hell-bent on buying power and puppeteering mass media, write Axios' Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen.

Worth noting: Because the primary process is conducted on a state-by-state basis, national polls often have their limitations, but these results from three major pollsters crystallize the trend lines currently at play in the race.