Quinnipiac Poll Shows Biden, Sanders & Other Democrats Beating Trump In Florida In 2020
A new Quinnipiac survey released this week shows Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and several other 2020 Democratic presidential candidates beating President Donald Trump in Florida.
The poll comes as Trump launched his 2020 re-election campaign in Orlando on Tuesday. It shows former Vice President Biden leading Trump 50% to 41% in the Sunshine State. This includes 7% of GOP voters and 54% of Independents in the state who stated they would back the Democratic former Senator over the current president.
Sanders holds a smaller lead over Trump: 48% to 42%, while Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has a four-point lead (47% vs. 43%) over the president.
Meanwhile, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-California) all hold a 1-percentage-point lead over Trump in Florida.
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new Quinnipiac Florida poll as President Trump announces his 2020 re-election campaign at Orlando rally:
Biden 50%, Trump 41%
also,
Sanders 48%, Trump 42%
Warren 47%, Trump 43%
Harris 45%, Trump 44%
O’Rourke 45%, Trump 44%
Buttigieg 44%, Trump 43%— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 18, 2019
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The Quinnpiac survey also gaged the level of interest Florida voters had in the 2020 election. It revealed 59% of Democrats and 51% of Republicans are closely following the 2020 campaign cycle.
The poll also shows Biden remains the favorite 2020 contender among moderate Democratic voters (51%) and voters above the age of 50 (52%).
Trump’s approval rating is still at around 41%, according to the Quinnipiac poll, which also showed that just a third of voters — including two-thirds of Democrats — wish for lawmakers to start impeachment proceedings against Trump.
Republican Party Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel noted how Quinnipiac polls published more than a year before the 2016 election predicted Hillary Clinton would beat Trump by a comfortable, double-digit margin.
There wasn’t a SINGLE Quinnipiac poll that showed @realDonaldTrump winning in 2016.
In the summer of 2015, they had Hillary up by 18 POINTS.
Their final poll had her winning by 7.
But now the media is taking their polling seriously?
— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) June 13, 2019
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