Trump scores gains in Miami-Dade, hurting Biden’s odds in FloridaIn a recent poll, President Donald Trump trails former Vice President Joe Biden by 17 percentage points in Miami-Dade County. He lost to Hillary Clinton in 2016 in the same county by 30 percentage points.
By David Smiley
Published Sep. 8
Four years after getting trounced in Miami-Dade County by Hillary Clinton, President Donald Trump has increased his odds of victory in his must-win home state on Nov. 3 by improving his standing in Florida’s most populous county, according to a poll by Bendixen & Amandi International and the Miami Herald.
The poll of 500 likely Miami-Dade voters, released Tuesday, found Trump far behind Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden 38 percent to 55 percent in Miami-Dade, where Democrats typically need to run up the score in order to compete in statewide races.
That 17-point deficit is well outside the poll’s 4.4 percentage point margin of error. But Trump doesn’t need to win Miami-Dade. He just needs to do better in the Democratic-leaning county to offset possible losses in other parts of Florida. ...
Tampa Bay Times