Poll: Six Dems lead Trump in Florida matchups
By Max Greenwood - 06/18/19 02:59 PM EDT
Six Democratic presidential hopefuls are leading President Trump in Florida, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Tuesday.
Former Vice President Joe Biden carried the biggest lead over Trump, taking 50 percent support in the state to Trump’s 41 percent. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) also beats Trump in a hypothetical matchup, 48 percent to 42 percent.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) carries a 4-point lead over Trump in Florida, while both Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) and South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg are outdoing the president by 1 point each.
The poll results were released hours before Trump is expected to formally launch his 2020 reelection campaign with a rally in Orlando.
The findings suggest that the president may face a tougher time than expected as looks to shore up support in the Sunshine State. He won Florida in 2016 by roughly 1 point, and his campaign is expected to invest heavily in the state in 2020.
At the same time, Trump owns several properties in Florida, including Mar-a-Lago, a lavish private club in West Palm Beach that the president has traveled to frequently since entering the White House.
According to the Quinnipiac survey, most Floridia voters – 54 percent – say they are better off financially today than they were in 2016, while only 23 percent say they are worse off.
The Quinnipiac poll surveyed 1,279 Florida voters from June 12-17. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
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