Posted on 10/08/2019 3:43:44 AM PDT by grayboots
President Trump is gaining among independent voters in head-to-head matchups with the Democratic presidential front-runners, according to a new IBD-TIPP poll.
Former Vice President Joe Biden leads Trump by just 1 point among independents, which is down from Biden's 18-point lead among the voting group in September.
In a head-to-head matchup with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), 49 percent of independents backed Trump, while 43 percent threw their support behind the senator in the poll, which was released on Monday.
A 4-point gap separated Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Trump, with the president receiving 48 percent support among independents and Sanders garnering 44 percent.
Warren led Trump with independents by 2 points in the September poll, while Sanders led the president by 9 points.
The new poll comes as tensions between Trump and Biden have risen on the campaign trail as the president has intensified his attacks against the former vice president, accusing Biden of efforts to pressure Ukraine to dismiss a senior prosecutor who at one point had investigated an energy company where Biden's son had served as a board member.
There is no evidence that Biden advocated for the prosecutor's removal as a means of protecting his son.
Independent voters will likely play an impactful role in the 2020 general election. Forty-three percent of voters who said they identified as independent said they voted for Trump in 2016, while 42 percent went for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, according to the Pew Research Center.
The IBD-TIPP poll was conducted from Sept. 26 to Oct. 3 among 900 adults. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
or the equally camouflage of: there is no guiding legal principle.
There is none more blind than those who refuse to see.
He did everything but mention his son.
“What does that mean? That Joe did not overtly say that he was protecting his son when he strong-armed Ukraine into firing the prosecutor who was investigating the energy company which had inexplicably hired his unskilled son on very cushy terms?”
Of course. When Biden bragged he threatened to withhold the billion dollars from Ukraine he didn’t say he wanted the prosecutor fired because he was investigating his son. Stupid libs think this gives Biden a pass.
“There is no evidence that Biden advocated for the prosecutor’s removal as a means of protecting his son.”
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It was merely a coincidence that the Prosecutor, who just happened to be investigating Burisma, was fired within six hours of the demand by Biden. Likewise, it was another coincidence that Biden’s inexperienced, drug-addled, offspring was collecting $50K a month from the company at a time when the average monthly wage in the Ukraine was $200 a month, and Biden was in charge of Ukraine policy. Finally, it was just a coincidence that the day after the firing, the Burisma legal team met with the new Prosecutor and told him that claims of corruption by the former Prosecutor were false.
If Julia knew anything about evidence, she would know that there was and is strong circumstantial evidence of a qui pro quo. But, since that doesn’t fit with the DNC talking points, it must be ignored.
The bottom line is this and I’ve thought this all along - Trump is hated by half the country as much as half the country hated Clinton.
It will be a very close election.
Good catch. I wonder what the independent support for Trump is with likely voters? 10 points better? What’s the rule of thumb? Anyone know?
-PJ
-PJ
fundamentally, these kinds of national polls of the general population this early in the election are little better than reading tea leaves ... what i’d REALLY like to see are the Dems secret internal polls ...
“There is no evidence that Biden advocated for the prosecutor’s removal as a means of protecting his son.”
It’s just a coincidence that Hunter was to have been questioned the very next day after Biden’s threat, and the prosecutor was fired. Things that make you go “hmmmm”.
Has anyone else noticed how Creepy Joe hasn’t been so touchy feely with the women folk lately? Why is Bite Me behaving himself? Maybe he and his son have a thing for Ukrainian women??
“Well, you see it is a very complicated issue that not everyone can clearly understand, only people who have spent years reading reports from respected sources and studying the issue can understand it”
/libs
Somehow, we don't see those words in relation to Trump, no matter how applicable.
LOOK OUT, the Evil_Witch is soon to jump in the race and take those Sanders voter right back....
“Can the Democrats handle another week of impeachment, and Hillary taking out their candidates”
Yes, .......they are still driving the narrative, Hillary & Co. controls the Democommies & has been behind the coup since Nov. 2016.
While I believe he is mentally retarded(medical definition, not an insult) he has a big heart and vastly superior to anyone the demorats can put up.
From Article: “There is no evidence that Biden advocated for the prosecutor’s removal as a means of protecting his son.”
The media have invented a rather restrictive definition of the term “evidence.” Maybe there is no direct evidence of Biden’s motive, but there is plenty of circumstantial evidence. Circumstantial evidence can be enough to support a criminal conviction, and is certainly enough to support an investigation.
I think Trump wins a fair election easily, but since we know the leftist/globalist will do anything they can get away with, we can’t take anything for granted. We must stay vigilant, and do everything we personally can to keep them in check, and turn out the vote for Trump. TRUMP 2020!
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