Posted on 10/05/2020 3:06:14 PM PDT by Ennis85
WITH 30 days to go until the US presidential election, Democratic candidate Joe Biden is pulling away from Donald Trump, according to the latest opinion polls.
The surveys, one taken following last week’s chaotic presidential debate and the other after Mr Trump tested positive for Covid-19, will make grim reading for the US president as he undergoes treatment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland.
A post-debate poll conducted by NBC News and The Wall Street Journal put Mr Biden 14 points ahead of the president, the biggest gap the survey has recorded this year. Should the findings prove accurate, Mr Biden could be heading for a landslide victory. However, four years ago an NBC/ Wall Street Journal poll taken just over three weeks ahead of the election also gave Hillary Clinton a 14-point lead.
A second survey, taken after it was announced that Mr Trump had tested positive for Covid-19, showed little sign of a “sympathy bounce”. According to a Reuters-Ipsos poll, which saw Mr Biden’s lead widen to 10 points, 65pc of voters believed that Mr Trump could have avoided being infected if he had taken the coronavirus pandemic more seriously. That view was held by 50pc of Republicans.
The NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday last week as voters digested the fallout from the presidential debate in which Mr Trump faced criticism for his combative approach – he interrupted Mr Biden and Chris Wallace, the moderator, at least 128 times.
Jeff Horwitt, a Democrat and one of the pollsters, declared that Mr Trump was the clear loser. Republican Bill McInturff, another pollster, believed the surge in Mr Biden’s support represented what he described as a “shock to the system” following the anarchic events of Tuesday night.
He suggested that Mr Biden’s lead would probably drop back to between eight and nine points by election day, which would still leave Mr Trump in considerable trouble.
The president, who held a 13-point lead over Mr Biden among men over 50 in the poll taken before the debate, found himself one point behind, according to the latest survey.
Seniors now back the former vice-president by a substantial 27 points and the poll also showed Mr Biden enjoying the support of 58pc of suburban women, compared with Mr Trump’s 33pc.
The president’s support has also weakened among white working-class men, who are of pivotal importance in battleground states such as Pennsylvania and Michigan.
In all, 49pc of voters believed Mr Biden won the debate, compared with 24pc who believed the president had outperformed his opponent. Mr Biden was also found to have displayed the right temperament by 58pc of voters, compared with 26pc of respondents who favoured Mr Trump.
A majority of voters have a positive view of Mr Biden for the first time since 2018.
A second poll, which was conducted by Reuters and Ipsos on Friday and Saturday, put Mr Biden 10 points ahead of Mr Trump, slightly higher than other recent surveys. It showed that the former vice-president was backed by 51pc of likely voters.
The findings also showed that voters were unhappy about the administration’s handling of the coronavirus epidemic, which has claimed more than 211,000 lives in the US. (© Daily Telegraph, London)
Four years ago, a poll three weeks before the election also gave Hillary Clinton 14-point lead
Joe “My party needs a liberal George Wallace” Biden as President of the United States in a landslide...this country is absolutely done if that happens like you won’t even recognize America level in two years
Even though his rallies out-draw Biden’s by a ratio of about 100:1, Biden is still beating the pants off Trump. Makes total sense. Very convincing.
“The surveys, one taken following last week’s chaotic presidential debate and the other after Mr Trump tested positive for Covid-19, will make grim reading for the US president as he undergoes treatment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland.”
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Old news.
Trump is being released.
Now.
Interesting that 49% of the voters in the survey thought Biden won the debate. On the other with a survey at Twitter Trump wiped out Biden.
‘Pearl-CLUTCHING’ unless, of course, they lisp, which they probably do, LOL!
Did the poll the members of the CCP?
The CCP did the poll and passed it on to its hired shills!
Just VOTE TRUMP!
This one could also be aimed at the Senate RINO’s to make the case for not voting with a POTUS who’s headed for defeat.
Some of these polls asked 800 people and only 100 responded
Compare these polls to a Trump rally or even a boat parade, street gathering.
No way they can be at all accurate......
The poll “missed it by that much”
Poll oversamples Dems by +9
Presidential election 2016: Hillary Clinton soars to double-digit lead over Donald Trump in new poll
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll-abc-double-digit-us-election-latest-a7376806.html
Different year, same old sh*t. Ignore the polls and just go vote. IN PERSON if at all possible.
David Millward is a lifelong Chelsea supporter and from Maine.
No doubt he is a Democrat too.
It’s not difficult to find a poll predicting a TRump loss. 2016 reminds us of how much bologna they are.
FNC must be begging to lose viewers. I could see Tucker jumping ship to OAN, at which point I cancel FNC.
Well that convinces me - he's going to lose.
Good grief!
I do NOT expect to see a 'sympathy bounce'.
I DO expect to see a Brass Balls, Ten-Foot-Tall, Invincible bounce.
This is probably the 3rd or 4th time I read about this poll in FR.
MY RESPONSE is still the same.
As late as October 26, 2016, the polls were showing Hillary leading by 14 points. A few days before the 2016 elections, the media gave her a 97% chance of winning.
Just like Hillary did as reported.
We’ve had words before.
Let’s put them aside and celebrate this amazing man, DONALD TRUMP!
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