O'Rourke, Biden hold narrow leads over Trump in Texas
By Tal Axelrod - 09/19/19 12:16 PM EDT
Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D) and former Vice President Joe Biden have narrow leads over President Trump in the Lone Star State, according to a new poll, as Democrats hope to make it competitive in the 2020 race.
O’Rourke has a 2.3-percentage-point advantage in a hypothetical match-up with Trump, according to a new University of Texas at Tyler poll, with 42 percent of registered voters backing the former congressman and 39.7 percent supporting the president.
Biden beats Trump by 1.6 points, getting the support of 39.6 percent of registered voters compared with 38 percent for Trump.
Biden is aided by a roughly 12-point advantage over Trump among Texas independents, while O’Rourke has a roughly 9-point edge over Trump among the same group.
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