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Former Vice President Joe Biden’s national lead against President Donald Trump jumped to a nearly two-to-one margin after Sept. 29’s chaotic presidential debate, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday.
The poll was conducted from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, two days after the disorderly and caustic debate. The poll was completed just before the announcement that Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus and hospitalized at Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
Biden now holds a 14-percentage-point lead against the president, with 53% of registered voters backing the Democratic nominee and 39% supporting Trump. The poll shows a 6-point jump for Biden from a Sept. 20 NBC/WSJ poll. Biden's biggest lead in the poll previously was in July at 11 points.
The biggest declines for Trump were among seniors and suburban women, who are now backing Biden 62%-35% and 58%-33%, respectively.
Forty-nine percent of voters say Biden did a better job at Tuesday’s debate compared to 24% who said Trump performed better. Seventeen percent didn't think either candidate did better than the other.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...lead-over-trump-after-debate-poll/3616228001/
While many people see parallels between Hillary's lead over Trump in 2016 and Biden's lead in 2020, there are key differences. Hillary wasn't up this big, this late. She didn't peak this late like Biden is (and this may not be Biden's peak, just his biggest lead so far). Trump was within the margin of error when he beat Hillary. He's not within the margin of error against Biden and isn't trending well. He won't be able to campaign for the next 10-14 days, and his style of campaigning is frowned upon given the current crisis and his own contraction of Corona and the spikes in cases surrounding his campaign rallies, most notably the death of Herman Cain. I don't see Trump coming back from this...
The poll was conducted from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, two days after the disorderly and caustic debate. The poll was completed just before the announcement that Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus and hospitalized at Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
Biden now holds a 14-percentage-point lead against the president, with 53% of registered voters backing the Democratic nominee and 39% supporting Trump. The poll shows a 6-point jump for Biden from a Sept. 20 NBC/WSJ poll. Biden's biggest lead in the poll previously was in July at 11 points.
The biggest declines for Trump were among seniors and suburban women, who are now backing Biden 62%-35% and 58%-33%, respectively.
Forty-nine percent of voters say Biden did a better job at Tuesday’s debate compared to 24% who said Trump performed better. Seventeen percent didn't think either candidate did better than the other.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...lead-over-trump-after-debate-poll/3616228001/
While many people see parallels between Hillary's lead over Trump in 2016 and Biden's lead in 2020, there are key differences. Hillary wasn't up this big, this late. She didn't peak this late like Biden is (and this may not be Biden's peak, just his biggest lead so far). Trump was within the margin of error when he beat Hillary. He's not within the margin of error against Biden and isn't trending well. He won't be able to campaign for the next 10-14 days, and his style of campaigning is frowned upon given the current crisis and his own contraction of Corona and the spikes in cases surrounding his campaign rallies, most notably the death of Herman Cain. I don't see Trump coming back from this...
