Poll: Biden leads Trump by 9 points nationally

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads President Trump by 9 points nationally with the less than three months before the 2020 election, according to an NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll released on Sunday.

The survey, published just a day ahead of the start of the Democratic National Convention, showed that 50 percent of registered voters favor the former vice president, while just 41 percent say they'd vote for Trump. The findings represent little shift in public sentiment from a similar poll conducted in July that showed Biden with an 11-point advantage over Trump.

The new survey was released just days after Biden selected Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) to be his running-mate and as the U.S. continues to weather challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Biden carries double-digit advantages over Trump on handling issues including the coronavirus and health care. Forty-nine percent of voters said Biden was better suited to handle the current health crisis, while just 33 percent said the same of Trump. Meanwhile, Biden leads Trump by 24 percentage points on handling race relations.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/512214-poll-biden-leads-trump-by-9-points-nationally

[samnsara]

1. thats too close....:(

[Owl]

8. Way too close.

[Locrian]

9. way too close....

41?!

41% of the country is insane, racist, or both?!

[LiberalFighter]

2. I don't like national polls when we don't have a national popular vote.

[groundloop]

6. DAMN STRAIGHT. 65 Million is more than 62 Million.

[empedocles]

3. 2 point drop is not much, but coupled with just 4% republicon positive for KH

wish the numbers leaned more positively.

[DonaldsRump]

4. We know that a large number of Trump supporters are racists

The selection of Kamala Harris bolstered that part of the electorate that would NEVER vote for Biden anyway.

Not worrying at all to me, and totally explainable.

Trump is failing so badly on all fronts, the ONLY way he wins this election is via voter suppression and foreign intereference. And don't get me wrong: he COULD win.

WE NEED TO GET OUT THE VOTE AND SAVE THE MAIL-IN VOTE.

[totodeinhere]

15. Yes, and also it's still a little less that three months until the election.

In politics that can be almost an eternity sometimes. Current events that might be out of control of either candidate might affect this race. And Trump will probably try some sort of "wag the dog" event as well.

[ananda]

5. I'm sure it's higher than that ..

.. considering the right-wing source.

[mucifer]

7. NBC? It's an NBC poll

[IronLionZion]

10. They'll claim Trump is the underdog

and pull out all sorts of surprises in the next 2.5 months. We can win but should never take it for granted or get complacent.

[OrlandoDem2]

11. State polls are what matter most.

[oldsoftie]

12. Exactly. Show us battleground state polls. We know who wins Ca & Al.

But good leads in Wi, Mi, Pa & Az means a LOT more than a national lead

[totodeinhere]

14. Like I just said downthread, Joe is looking good in every battleground state poll

I have seen.

[oldsoftie]

17. Good news. He MUST win convincingly in those states.

[totodeinhere]

13. That's good but what really matters is how the race looks in battleground states.

And fortunately every poll from battleground states that I have seen is also looking good.

[patphil]

16. A 9% lead nationally could very well lead to the same kind of debacle we saw in 2016.

I would feel more comfortable if it were a 9% lead in each of the "battleground" states.

[manicdem]

18. Close race per CNN poll

The CNN poll that came out today shows a very close race, 50% for Biden and 46% for Trump. In 15 battleground states, it's about dead even with Biden at 49% and Trump at 48%. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/politics/cnn-poll-biden-trump-august/index.html

That really scares me and I hope this poll is off. I wonder what they polled in the 2016 election?

Biden has to hit a home run with his speech at the convention, and totally crush Trump in the upcoming debates to win.

[totodeinhere]

19. Secretary Clinton was widely regarded as having crushed him in the 2016 debates yet we know

how that turned out. His supporters don't care if he wins or loses the debates.