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    Biden’s Lead Evaporates in New Poll That Finds Him Weaker vs. Trump Than Hillary Clinton Was in 2016

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    For whom the polls toll. They toll for thee.

    There are several polls out that spell trouble for Joe Biden. In a head to head battle with President Trump, Biden’s lead has totally disappeared. The poll favors Biden 49-47, well within the margin of error. But the real killer for Biden is the enthusiasm poll. While 53% of Trump voters say they are very enthusiastic for Trump, only 24% say the same thing about Biden.

    To make matters worse, a poll found that 15% of Bernie voters say they will vote for Trump over Biden. Many more would simply not vote. That is not only bad news for Joe Biden but could spell disaster for Democrats down ballot. This could be another 2010 in the making. Republicans flipped 61 House seats and six Senate seats that year.

    To give you an idea of how important the enthusiasm gap is, consider this. Hillary enjoyed a 46% rating, almost double what Biden has and she lost by a ton. President Trump leads Joe Biden on all of the issues as well. It would have been worse but his campaign has wisely chose to hide him away from the public stae to eliminate the large number of gaffes he makes.

    From The Blaze

    Former Vice President Joe Biden’s national lead over President Donald Trump has nearly evaporated according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll that shows the Democratic frontrunner facing a “massive enthusiasm gap” in the November general election.

    Although Biden maintains a solid lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination, he finds himself in a statistical tie with the president in a head-to-head matchup, only slightly ahead by two points (49-47%) among registered voters. The pollsters noted that Biden’s standing has deteriorated since their last survey in February which found him with a more comfortable 7-point (52-45%) over Trump.

    Meanwhile, among Democratic primary voters who support Sanders for the nomination, 15% said they’d back Trump over Biden in November.

    A major red flag for the Democrats is that the ABC News/Washington Post survey found Trump’s supporters far more energized than Biden’s backers. While 53% of Trump voters described themselves as “very enthusiastic” about supporting him, only 24% of Biden’s backers said the same. Trump also leads Biden on key issues.

    Despite the economic standstill resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, 57% of voters approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, the highest ever in ABC/Post surveys. Biden also trails Trump, 42-50%, when it comes to who voters trust to manage the nation’s economy.

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