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Biden Leads Trump in New Polls, But He May Face an Enthusiasm Gap
US News ^ | 6/8/2020 | Susan Milligan

Posted on 06/08/2020 10:02:24 PM PDT by Signalman

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has a dramatically more enthusiastic voter fan base than Joe Biden, according to a new poll. But the presumptive Democratic nominee still leads, nationally, benefiting from a deep desire among his supporters to get Trump out of office.

The national survey, conducted by SSRS for CNN, found that 7 in 10 Trump voters are voting to reelect the president primarily because they support Trump, with 27% saying their decision is a vote against Biden. The former vice president, meanwhile, has a less-devoted following, with 37% of Biden voters saying they plan to cast a pro-Biden vote, and 60% saying they are casting a ballot against Trump.

Overall, the poll shows Biden with a commanding, 14-point lead over Trump, with Biden getting 55% support, compared to 41% for Trump. The advantage is bigger than in other national polls. (An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday has Biden ahead by 7 percentage points, 49% to 42%.) But the CNN survey is notable because it has Biden breaking the 50% mark – something Trump's 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton, failed to do during that campaign even when she was leading in national polls.

Still, the enthusiasm gap is potentially troubling for Biden, who early Saturday officially secured the number of delegates needed for the Democratic nomination. The former vice president has been hampered throughout his campaign by a lack of excitement among young voters, many of whom preferred progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont in the primaries.

With the nation highly polarized along political lines, turnout can make a determinate difference in the election. In Michigan, for example, Clinton lost by just three-tenths of a percentage point (47.3% to 47%), and Democratic operatives grumbled that lower turnout from the party base made the difference.

And in 2012, it was the candidate with the higher enthusiasm among his base – former President Barack Obama – who prevailed. Polling by CNN that year showed that by the week of the election, 80% of Obama voters were motivated by reelecting the president, while 18% of them were casting a ballot against GOP candidate Mitt Romney.


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KEYWORDS: biden; bs; cnnfakenews; cnnfakepolls; enthusiasm; excerpt; fakenews; fakepolls; poll; polls; tds
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To: Signalman

Cast your votes today for POTUS Trump today in the West Virginia and Georgia 2020 POTUS Primary Elections. Defeat Democrat, Joe Biden, massively!!!

Democrats, vote for Trump...period via write on Democrat ballot!!!


21 posted on 06/08/2020 11:02:58 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: Signalman

US News??

I thought they vanished 20+ years agao?


22 posted on 06/08/2020 11:05:05 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
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To: Signalman
"Biden Leads Trump in New Polls, But He May Face an Enthusiasm Gap"


23 posted on 06/08/2020 11:19:31 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: BunnySlippers

My fear:

Biden chooses a black woman as VP who doesn’t know squat but who has made a name for herself in racial politics. Then they cheat like hell, “win” the election, Biden exits office one way or another, and we end up with a BLM POTUS. If they also got the Congress we’re on the road to being Venezuela.


24 posted on 06/08/2020 11:23:06 PM PDT by Aria
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To: Reno89519
CNN polled
1. 25% Republican instead of the 33% of voters that voted Republican in 2016

2. Adults instead of registered voters let alone likely voters.(only likely voters are relevant )

3. Twice as many non Hispanic minorities as is present in the population

4. Independents in addition to Republicans massively underrepresented.

5. Democrats massively over represented.

The CNN poll is a bloody joke.
You want proof?
Just yesterday (same day the CNN poll came out), Zogby came out with his own poll. The result? Trump and Biden were tied at 46% each which is in line with polls from non media sources.
There is simply NO WAY this CNN suppression poll is valid.
Betwet now and November, just ignore any poll from any media sources, ABC CNN NBC CBS FOX NYT WAPO etc.
Most polls are not great but the polls from Gallup Rasmussen Emerson and a few others are a heck of a lot better than from the polls from the media sources.

25 posted on 06/08/2020 11:32:16 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

I doubt very many Trump supporters will instead vote for Biden, nor stay at home. Non-Trump supporting Republicans might not be enthusiastic but doubt many will vote for Biden—maybe one-third each to vote Trump, Biden, or not vote? And Democrats? I have to think that some will like his economic and jobs successes, others will vote Biden in lockstep. But what about Sanders’ supporters? I cannot imagine they are enthusiastic. Will they sit out the election or even vote for Trump? So many different groups. The media is working overtime to destroy Trump, which is the big wildcard. My wife reads from Yahoo and others, she has become rather hostile to Trump, sees him as bad, bad, bad. I doubt she could come up with one good thing he’s done and that is because of where she gets her news.


26 posted on 06/08/2020 11:42:39 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Workers)
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To: Reno89519
Trump has been leading in the enthusiasm gap by pretty wide margins in polls from Emerson.
Trump’s approval with Republicans has been higher than 90% for over a year, through rain or shine. Biden should be so lucky.
Even after cironavirus and 40 million new jobless claims and race riots Trump’s approval with Republicans is as high as ever.
Wait till the great June job numbers come out and Trump starts his great rallies two weeks from now.
Biden is history.
27 posted on 06/08/2020 11:52:00 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe
I am curious to see how they roll Biden out in a few weeks. He screws up almost immediately every time he speaks. I doubt they can keep him to 5-7 minute events while Trump is doing 1-1/2 to 2 hour events. Please will people really line up to see him?

Okay, for disclosure, if Biden comes to Reno, I'll likely take my boys to go and watch. Heck, I remember going to see McGovern many, many years ago as an undergraduate. Was actually interesting to talk with him afterward.

28 posted on 06/08/2020 11:59:40 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Workers)
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To: Signalman

When the average voter discovers how PITIFUL & SENILE that Joe Biden is NOW, his “support” & presumed “lead” will EVAPORATE like smoke in a strong wind.

He has the SAME symptoms of SENILITY as my mother did in her last year. - I recognize his condition all too well. He will lucky to see Christmas Day.

Yours, TMN78247


29 posted on 06/09/2020 12:39:25 AM PDT by TMN78247 ("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, F'by 241836)
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To: SmokingJoe

I read yesterday that he is starting his MAGA rallies in two weeks.


30 posted on 06/09/2020 3:11:08 AM PDT by Russ (I)
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To: snarkytart

They do not need to drag anyone to the polls if they get mail-in ballots. They will fill them out on behalf of everyone who would normally not show up.


31 posted on 06/09/2020 3:15:00 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is communism)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Forget the polls, enthusiasm gap means nothing.
This election is Trump vs mail voting fraud.
Democrats know to focus on massive voter fraud, it’s their best chance. The reports from Iowa are stagering
Mailing ballots to every voter, dead or alive, put massive numbers of votes in play. If Republicans can get some control over voter fraud we have a chance.
It’s fitting. We will lose our democracy, by simple vote cheating. Not a civil war, or foreign invasion. Te US post office


32 posted on 06/09/2020 3:29:37 AM PDT by drdirt333 (DRDIRT333)
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To: Signalman

Media worried their significantly under sampled Republican polls aren’t going to work. The are already making excuses for Plugs and it’s only June.


33 posted on 06/09/2020 3:35:21 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: DAC21

Another suppression poll. The Rats never smarten up!


34 posted on 06/09/2020 3:49:25 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: Erik Latranyi

It’s done in PA it will be a miracle if POTUS wins again. That governor will assure mail in ballots and counting for weeks.


35 posted on 06/09/2020 4:26:23 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: Signalman

36 posted on 06/09/2020 5:40:05 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Signalman

Bullshit....that’s what these polls are!!!!


37 posted on 06/09/2020 5:50:04 AM PDT by ontap
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To: cgbg

Every time I an reminded of polls that say Hillary would win in a landslide in 2016, I get a smile. Sometimes it lasts for hours. If I performed as poorly on my job as those pollsters I would be fired. They just keep getting paid to produce inaccurate polls.

There is no legitimate way Biden is ahead of Trump. Trump voters will walk across broken glass to vote for him. From the actions of the left with their mail in voting scheme, they are worried Biden’s voters won’t even leave the house to vote for him.


38 posted on 06/09/2020 6:15:15 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: EinNYC

If America votes for a President who bends the knee to rioters and looters, the Russians and Chinese will start a war between themselves to figure out who gets to occupy how much of kneeling America.


39 posted on 06/09/2020 6:26:38 AM PDT by cgbg (Kneeling is a half measure--lefties need to dig a six foot hole and bury themselves in it.)
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To: Signalman

Biden leading in the polls? I doubt it. All the conservatives I know hang up on pollsters or give them phony opinions.


40 posted on 06/09/2020 6:26:44 AM PDT by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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