Posted on 03/24/2020 10:06:02 AM PDT by sodpoodle
A new national poll points to an extremely close contest between President Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden as the race for the White House shifts to a likely general election battle between the two.
According to the poll, the president enjoys a nearly 2-to-1 margin over Biden in the 2,500 solidly red counties that Trump overwhelming won four years ago over 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. In the 360 solidly blue counties where Clinton crushed Trump, Biden is up by a 2-to-1 margin. But in the approximately 300 swing counties where the margins in the 2016 presidential election were 10 points or less, Biden tops Trump 50-41 percent.
“The race looks tight right now between Trump and the probable Democratic nominee. But as we learned in 2016, the outcome will be determined by the Electoral College rather than the national popular vote. The poll results suggest Biden may actually be starting out with an advantage in crucial swing areas of the country,” Monmouth University Polling Institute Director Patrick Murray said in a statement.
THE LATEST FROM FOX NEWS ON THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
As expected, there’s a wide partisan divide, with Democrats backing Biden 89-6 percent and Republicans behind the president 90-7 percent. Independents are nearly dead even, with 45 percent for Trump and 44 percent for the former vice president.
Biden leads 56-34 percent among voters under age 35, Trump has a 53-40 lead among those 35 to 54 and Biden has a slight 4-point advantage among voters 55 and older.
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It still baffles me that people here automatically believe in poll results as legitimately capturing data.
The only way Joe Biden will even make it to the convention is if they keep him out of sight. His latest video performances have been shocking - he doesn’t know what to say about anything unless he is heavily coached or has a teleprompter. He is fading fast.
The bigger question is what will the Democrats do when he has to drop out? They can keep him propped up until he gets enough delegates to win, but someone will have to take over before the convention. Andrew Cuomo is making a play as the guy who can pick up the pieces.
Alzheimer’s patients of the world unite!
3 points national on a Faux News poll?
LOL...Biden is in so much trouble
And if he picks a WOC for VP as expected, get ready for how intelligent and strong she debated per most lib news outlets. The stories have already been written. The name aside.
You are talking about the so called "Compact"
"The Compact will go into effect only when states controlling at least 270 electoral votes have joined. In the election after that threshold is reached, the NPV states would ensure that the winner of the national popular vote becomes president. While the Compact would not abolish the Electoral College, it would guarantee that the winner of the Electoral College vote and popular vote are the same.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/national-popular-vote-explained
Polls lie about Trump, here’s how:
1) a poll of “registered voters” – not likely voters, reduces Trump’s numbers by 5%
2) a lopsided weighting in favor of the Democrats reduces Trump’s numbers by 9%
No, this is what I mean. This compact only goes into effect if there’s a majority of states representing the majority of EC votes:
“Even Joe knows this is BS.”
When he is lucid.
Which is less and less by the week.
I thought it was 57. :)
Ha ha ha ha ha ha oh please stop Lying Scumbags at Fox. I know Mr. Murdoch loves this crap but just whom do you think you’re fooling? Nevertheless, keep telling the Democrats what they want to hear. It crippled them last time and it will help cripple them this time.
BS,Trump voters do polls on election day.
FOX polls are the worst.
Are they polling only illegals now?
“Are they polling only illegals now?”
Chinese illegals at that.
lol...
Hillary can’t lose!
Polls show Hillary with massive lead!
Anyone that hasn’t figured out that publicly released political polls are nothing more than voter/donation manipulation is an idiot!
"764 people!!!!! What a joke!!!!!!! "
Yup. Somehow the math doesn't work. 764 people polled in total and yet they know who is winning in each of the 2,860 counties referenced. I suppose a single demoncrap is capable of voting in several counties per election. Dead people, too.
Demented or not, he is DE’s patron saint.
State law does not trump federal election laws.
People don’t require lucidity when they vote for Democratic nominees.
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