Jordan Lancaster
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June 03, 2020 1:34 PM ET
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Former Vice President Joe Biden’s lead over President Donald Trump has been growing larger in the past few months, according to a Monmouth University poll.
The Wednesday poll found that Biden is leading Trump by 11 points. The former Vice President’s lead has been growing over the past few months. He was favored over Trump 48% to 45% in March, 48% to 44% in April, 50% to 41% in May, and is currently leading 52% to 41%.
The poll found that voters trust Biden more than Trump on race relations. Following the death of George Floyd while in police custody, protests escalated into violent riots in many cities.
49% of voters said that race relations will not be a factor in deciding who they vote for, 33% said it would be a major factor and 17% said it would be a minor factor.
When asked about race relations, 52% of respondents expressed confidence in Biden’s ability to handle race relations, compared to 40% who said they have confidence in Trump. Half of voters said that they had no confidence at all in the president’s ability to handle race relations, and 29% said they had no confidence at all in Biden, according to the poll.
“The results in this release are based on 742 registered voters and have a +/- 3.6 percentage point sampling margin of error,†the poll reads.
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