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Biden leads Trump by 4 points in new CBS News poll

Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Trump by 4 points in the race for the White House, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll released Tuesday.

The poll shows Biden with the support of 47 percent of likely voters surveyed, down slightly from 49 percent in a similar poll released last month. Trump's support, meanwhile, remained stagnant at 43 percent.

The poll comes at a tumultuous time in the 2020 presidential race and Trump's tenure in the White House.

The nation is still gripped by the coronavirus pandemic, which has now killed more than 100,000 people in America. At the same time, protests and civil unrest over racial injustice and police brutality have broken out across the country.

Roughly half of respondents to the CBS News poll - 49 percent - said they disapprove of Trump's response to the protests, which began in Minneapolis last week after the death of 46-year-old George Floyd in police custody. About one third - 32 percent - said that they approve of the president's response.

Trump has come under fire for his response to the protests, especially after law enforcement cleared protesters from Lafayette Square across the street from the White House on Monday night so that he could walk to a nearby church for a photo op.

A plurality of respondents - 42 percent - said that they haven't heard enough from Biden to form an opinion on his response to the protests. The former vice president addressed the matter in a speech Tuesday, in which he sharply criticized Trump's response to the protests in front of the White House and called for police reforms.

Most of those surveyed have already decided their preferred candidate for the White House.

Seventy-five percent said that they have already made up their minds on whom they will vote for in November, while another 19 percent said they "probably" won't change their preference for president.

Only 1 percent of respondents said that they are likely to change their minds at some point before Election Day, according to the CBS News poll.

The CBS News/YouGov poll surveyed 2,071 U.S. residents from May 29-June 1. It has a margin of error of +/-2.6 percentage points.

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by Anonymousreply 16June 6, 2020 1:11 AM

Incredible Trump has this support. shocking really

by Anonymousreply 1June 3, 2020 12:23 PM

Points, schmoints. Popular vote means nothing.

How is Biden doing in the Electoral College?

by Anonymousreply 2June 3, 2020 12:25 PM

There are a lot of deplorables r1, a lot of Americans love Trump and will always love him no matter what. But there are more of us who don't, we just got to make sure everyone gets out and votes.

by Anonymousreply 3June 3, 2020 12:31 PM

R2, I’ll add it also comes down to voter turnout.

by Anonymousreply 4June 3, 2020 12:39 PM

4 lousy points in the middle of a freaking pandemic and race riots?? How is his lead not well into the double digits? WTF is this world coming to?

by Anonymousreply 5June 3, 2020 12:42 PM

Never underestimate the stupidity of the average American voter.

by Anonymousreply 6June 3, 2020 1:07 PM

National polls mean nothing. The Electoral College means everything.

by Anonymousreply 7June 3, 2020 1:10 PM

Very true. How is he doing there, r7? What are the numbers?

by Anonymousreply 8June 3, 2020 1:11 PM

As Harry Enten said today, the *high quality live phone polls* have Biden with large leads right now. Those are the polls that matter the post.

Biden is up by 11 points in the new Monmouth poll -- 52% -41%:

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by Anonymousreply 9June 3, 2020 11:13 PM

There are also new state polls from Fox News which have Biden leading in Wisconsin, Ohio & Arizona:

Wisconsin (Biden +9)

Ohio (Biden +2)

Arizona (Biden +4)

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by Anonymousreply 10June 3, 2020 11:16 PM

with everything wrong in this country, why isn't Biden up by 15 to 20 points...makes no sense

by Anonymousreply 11June 3, 2020 11:27 PM

R11, Biden is getting historically large leads for a challenger against an incumbent President.

As Harry Enten said recently, these are probably the best numbers for a challenger since scientific polling began.

by Anonymousreply 12June 3, 2020 11:30 PM

R12 I’m not so sure ...wasn’t Michael Dukakis substantially ahead at one point?

I generally don’t pay much attention to polls until right before any election (primaries as well) because it can change 10 times and back again.

That said, I know you’re r12 extremely reliable to tell us what you think.

by Anonymousreply 13June 3, 2020 11:58 PM

Polls shmolls

by Anonymousreply 14June 4, 2020 1:09 AM

The only poll that matters is on election day.

by Anonymousreply 15June 5, 2020 12:13 PM

Then Biden has got it in the bag and coast into office.

by Anonymousreply 16June 6, 2020 1:11 AM
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