A nationwide Fox News poll released Sunday shows President Donald Trump trailing former vice president Joe Biden and no fewer than four other Democratic contenders as early campaigning for the 2020 election begins to gain steam.
A separate survey of battleground states, by CBS, showsDemocrats strongly favour Biden as the candidate most likely to beat Trump innext year’s elections.
The Fox poll showed Biden leading Trump by 49 percent to 39percent among all registered voters nationwide, while Senator Bernie Sandersheld nearly the same advantage over the president, at 49 per cent to 40 percent. Holding edges of 1 or 2 points over Trump — albeit within the poll’s3-point margin of error — were Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris, aswell as Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana.The polling comes more than 500 days before theNovember 3, 2020 election, an eternity in the political world. One widelyviewed tweet this week shows five presidential candidates in recent decades whotrailed at this point in their campaigns — including Trump — but who went onto win. The president does not officially launch his re-election campaign untilTuesday, at a rally-style event in a huge arena in Orlando, Florida.