Battleground Polls Show Massive Shift Among Senior Voters Away From Trump

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Battleground Polls Show Massive Shift Among Senior Voters Away From Trump


Andrew Trunsky
Elections Reporter
October 06, 2020 12:27 PM ET
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Senior voters, who comprise one of the largest voting blocs in the country, are supporting President Donald Trump at far lower rates in critical battlegrounds than four years ago, according to a slew of recent polls.

In 2016, Trump’s victories in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania were clinched by his support from voters 65+, winning them by one, four and 10 points, respectively. He ultimately won each state by less than 1%.

Now, however, polls show Trump trailing Democratic nominee Joe Biden among senior voters in all three states. In Wisconsin, an NBC News poll shows Biden leading among senior voters by 20 points, and in Michigan, a Detroit News poll shows Biden up among the demographic by 30 points, leading 59-29.

In Pennsylvania, a New York Times poll shows Trump trailing among the group 53-42.

Ella Nilsen
@ella_nilsen
The usual polling caveats apply, but Biden's double-digit leads in these CNN and NBC/WSJ polls are powered in part by Trump's decline with senior voters. Biden leads Trump with seniors by 27 points in the NBC poll, and by 22 points in the CNN poll.

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https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/06/polls-massive-shift-senior-voters-trump/

[mountaineer]

Susan St. James @SusanStJames3
If Biden were really ahead by double digits the media would have huge smiles on their faces and they'd be popping champaign. Instead, they are a panicked wreck
2:43 PM · Oct 6, 2020·

[RedHead]

Susan St. James @SusanStJames3
If Biden were really ahead by double digits the media would have huge smiles on their faces and they'd be popping champaign. Instead, they are a panicked wreck
2:43 PM · Oct 6, 2020·

LOL!  Don't look all that panicked to me.

[RedHead]

The third rail of politics in the U.S. is Social Security and Medicare.  Tromp on that and bad things happen.  Say you're going to end FICA and Medicare taxes in your second term and senior citizens get testy and take it out on you.

[mountaineer]

LOL!  Don't look all that panicked to me.

This kind of smacks of panic:

NBC News’ ‘Undecided’ Voters Previously Featured as Biden Supporters on MSNBC
Questioners openly supported Dems prior to Florida town hall      
David Rutz and Collin Anderson - October 6, 2020 4:30 PM
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NBC News featured a pair of "undecided" voters during a network town hall earlier this week who had previously declared their support for Democratic nominee Joe Biden on the network's sister channel, MSNBC.

Lawyer Peter Gonzalez and marketing executive Ismael Llano posed questions to Biden during a town hall on Monday, when he appeared before what the network described as an "audience of undecided Florida voters."

Both Gonzalez and Llano, however, were featured in an MSNBC segment in August to explain why they support Biden. ...

[corbe]

   These ol Farts will come around when Trump releases his 'I BEAT Covid, It ain't $hit' commercials as opposed to Hidin' Biden playing catchup.
   Only a Fool could screw this up (or another test positive).