USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Six months out, Biden jumps to lead over Trump amid coronavirus concerns

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Source: USA Today

A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll shows the former vice president leading Trump nationwide by 6 percentage points, 44% to 38%, a shift from Trump's 3-point lead in the survey as he was being impeached by the House in December. In a contest without a third-party contender, Biden's margin jumps to 10 points, 50% to 40%.

In the previous poll, when Trump led 44% to 41%, Biden was in the middle of a fierce battle for the Democratic nomination. Now he is the party's presumptive nominee.

The findings underscore the challenge the deadly pandemic is posing to the president’s political standing, which has proved durable through investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, a Senate impeachment trial over his dealings with Ukraine and other controversies.

Now Trump's standing may be threatened in the face of questions about the response he and his administration have made to a disease that has cost more than 55,000 lives in the United States and imperiled the nation’s economy.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/04/27/biden-leads-trump-2020-amid-coronavirus-concerns/3029325001/

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A 9 point swing from their previous poll. Gee, it only takes the loss of life for people to realize voting for democrats is important, perhaps the most important decision they can make.

[Polybius]

1. Hard to believe it's only 6 points

How is this even remotely close?

[jrthin]

2. Too many people drinking clorox.

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6. lol

Wow, he's killed off 9% of cult45 in just a days.

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4. 62 million cult45 voters tuned into another TV station that only shows puppies playing at the beach.

n/t

[Grins]

9. Agree. And this poll is AFTER his injecting disinfectant stupid!

How? I just don’t understand why the seething paranoiac narcissist is above 28%.

[Newest Reality]

3. Good to hear.

Vote like your life depends on it, because Republicans are saying you should die for their economy.

[Lock him up.]

5. National polls are meaningless...

... Remember it's the battleground States that matter.

But yeah, 38% for the orange virus is a real shame.

[flibbitygiblets]

7. Agreed, and it's also too soon to see the impact that COVID-19 will have once the red states reopen

and people start dying, and they realize that it's not just a blue state issue.

[Lock him up.]

8. Yes, and the other (some nationwide) polls today all show Joe ahead.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/

The ( A- ) Sienna College one has Biden up 36 points in N.Y. (more like it)

[Vogon_Glory]

10. I feared that it might take something this horrible

to wise people up.

The right-wing noise machine has proven its power over and over again, with the election of Thump over Hillary marking a new high-water march.

Dead bodies and an economy in deep recession might be what it takes to kick Individual One out of the White House and wrest control of the US Senate out of the hands of Mitch McConnell and his cronies.

[jorgevlorgan]

11. Nobody better run on a fucking third party this time.

Basically be direct assistance in the overthrow of democracy. The fact they take away a whole 4 points is depressing. Jesse Ventura: I'm talking to you.

[truthisfreedom]

13. Heheheheh.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. K&R