Posted on 06/04/2020 9:08:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
With the 2020 election now less than five months away, polls show former Vice President Joe Biden pulling further ahead of President Donald Trump, even as the apparent Democratic nominee’s campaign remains hampered by the coronavirus.
While Biden has outpaced Trump in most national polls since launching his White House bid in April 2019, the former vice president’s lead has widened significantly since last month, according to polling averages from RealClearPolitics.
RCP’s average currently gives Biden a 7.8 percentage point lead over Trump — a significant jump from the 5.3-point edge Biden held in early May. On June 4, 2016, the RCP polling average showed then-Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton ahead of Trump by 1.5 points.
Some individual polls show an even wider gap between Biden and the incumbent. A Monmouth University poll of 742 registered voters released Wednesday found that Biden led Trump by 11 points, with 52% of voters supporting Biden and 41% backing Trump.
Biden scored a 10-point lead over Trump in another poll of 835 registered voters from ABC News and The Washington Post on Sunday. And a CNBC/Change Research poll this week found Biden has a 48%-41% advantage over Trump among national likely voters. The previous version of that survey gave Biden just a 3-point lead over Trump.
“Everyone knows public polling is notoriously wrong about President Trump,” said Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign’s communications director, in a statement to CNBC.
“Our internal data consistently shows the President running strong against a defined Joe Biden in all of our key states,” Murtaugh said.
The New York Times reported Wednesday that Trump is trailing Biden even in private campaign polls, citing people briefed on recent polling results.
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Because we all know how accurate “national” polls are, right?
In the summer of 1984, there were polls that showed Mondale beating Reagan.
Reagan went on to win 49 states.
Joe Biden friend of the clean articulate black man.
Based on discussions with my adult kids, the media seems to be convincing them the riots are Trump’s fault. ... I’m still trying to figure it out.
Trump just got more votes in the Pennsylvania primary than all the Democrats combined. And this week was probably the low point of his presidency.
Biden will win polls of “registered voters” but these people will not turn out for him. Only Mail-in ballots can save him.
I think the polls have learned something from the last humiliation they took in 2016. I suspect they will be more accurate this year. I hope we don’t see a repeat of what happened here in 2012.
Take out the algorithms used in California, Illinois and New York and things look much different. Leftist pollsters, like the rest of that cabal, never learn. BTW with all the annoying crank call people receive, what percentage of decent people will discuss their political preferences with a stranger on an unsolicited call?
Sure Joe, it’s in the bag. Just ask Hillary.
Hillary was a shoo in last election.. still remember the look on faces and tears.. when she was the loser.
But also tell me we have knowledgable voters.. who knows the difference between Trump and biden.
I bet the MSM is posting these fake polls to “condition” people for Trump losing in 2020 because of Massive Voter Fraud.
Nonsense, pure unadulterated crap.
Trump had best get the streets cleared.. military or whatever..
The voices saying mo, arenot friendly..the people out here want this over...
“I suspect they will be more accurate this year.”
They will be less accurate.
Support for Biden is softer than it was for Hillary.
They said Gary Hart would beat Reagan by ten. Throughout my life, polls always have Democrats leading. It’s a done deal, they say. If a GOP landslide is coming, they tell you it’s too close to call. Remember 2010 and 2014? We wouldn’t believe any story from these people. Why believe their polls?
Heads we win, tails they lose.
As they've shown us over the last four years, "losing" an election doesn't mean a damn thing.
The Resistance has been jawboning Trump's 2016 victory.
We're going to AR-15 their 2020 "victory".
We need a post of the Animal House hearing scene!......
No one answers their phone in this day and age unless they're brain-damaged.
Hillary had a 3.5 point lead in the last polls. She won by 2. The polls were only 1.5 points off.
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