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Wed May 13, 2020, 06:40 PM May 2020

Here's Where Donald Trump and Joe Biden Stand in Key 2020 Swing States

As the race for the White House heats up between President Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, all eyes are on key swing states that will likely decide the outcome of the election.

In 2016, Trump won big in the Electoral College due to a series of mostly narrow wins in battleground states, several of which had been carried by former Democratic President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. Democrats now hope to recoup their losses in these states come November, while also making gains in traditional GOP-strongholds. Meanwhile, Trump's campaign aims to expand the president's appeal beyond his loyal base of supporters and maintain the states he carried in the last election.

Analysts are most closely eyeing polling data out of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Florida, all of which Trump won in 2016 after Obama won them twice. Recent polling suggests that Biden, who served as Obama's vice president, currently has the advantage. In several key states, the Democratic candidate leads Trump, while national polls also show Biden as the favored presidential contender.

The latest poll out of Wisconsin, which was conducted by Marquette University Law School from May 3 to 7, shows Biden ahead of Trump by 3 points. The president is backed by 43 percent of respondents, while the former vice president is supported by 46 percent. However, an additional 4 percent said they would not back either candidate, while another 4 percent said they were still undecided.

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Biden appears to have a similar lead in Florida, according to two recent polls. In a Fox News poll conducted from April 18 to 21, the former vice president was supported by 46 percent of Florida voters compared to 43 percent who back Trump. Quinnipiac University, which carried out a poll in the southern state from April 16 to 20, showed similar results, with Biden backed by 46 percent of voters and Trump supported by 42 percent, a difference of 4 points.

In Michigan and Pennsylvania, Biden's lead appears to be even bigger.

The same Fox News poll from April found the Democratic contender ahead of the president by 8 points in Michigan, with support from 49 percent of the midwestern state's voters compared to Trump's 41 percent. Similarly, a Monmouth University poll from March showed Biden ahead by 7 points, backed by 48 percent of voters while Trump was supported by just 41 percent.

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