Biden Widens Lead Over Trump To 15 Points In Presidential Race
Source: Quinnipiac Polling Institute
As coronavirus cases surge and states rollback re-openings, former Vice President Joe Biden opens up his biggest lead this year over President Donald Trump in the race for the White House. Registered voters back Biden over Trump 52 - 37 percent, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll released today. This compares to a June 18th national poll when Biden led Trump 49 - 41 percent. Since March, Biden's lead had ranged from 8 to 11 percentage points.
Independents are a key factor behind Biden's widening lead as they now back him 51 - 34 percent, while in June, independents were split with 43 percent for Biden and 40 percent for Trump. There is also some movement among Republicans as they back Trump 84 - 9 percent, compared to 92 - 7 percent in June. Democrats go to Biden 91 - 5 percent, little changed from 93 - 4 percent in June.
"Yes, there's still 16 weeks until Election Day, but this is a very unpleasant real time look at what the future could be for President Trump. There is no upside, no silver lining, no encouraging trend hidden somewhere in this survey for the president," said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy.
Voters now give Biden a slight lead over Trump in a direct match up when it comes to handling the economy. Voters say 50 - 45 percent that Biden would do a better job handling the economy, a reversal from June when Trump held a slight lead 51 - 46 percent.
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...the Dow was doing great and unemployment was way down. Now, we can all argue that this was just the continuation of the rebound in the economy from the Obama years (and we would be right to so argue), and that Trump was merely riding the wave that came along before him without doing much of anything positive himself, but it's standard operational procedure for the public to credit the sitting president when they feel their job is secure and their investments (including their home value, since that's where most Americans have the majority of their "investments"
are improving. It may not be the most perceptive way of looking at things, but it's the way it's always been.
...in other recent polls, Ipsos has Biden +10, YouGov Biden +9., Morning Consult Biden +8.
Oh, and Rasumssen, which had Biden +10 a couple of days ago, now has Biden +3. 
Overall, 538's aggregation of polls (which I'm looking at merely as an average, not as a prognostication) has Biden up by 9, 50.2% to 41.2%. A good, healthy lead, to be sure, but not quite the 15% we're seeing from this particular poll.
