Even with likely Trump impeachment, Democrats face uphill climb to win presidency
By David McLennan, Opinion Contributor — 10/19/19 11:00 AM EDT
There is little doubt North Carolina will play a pivotal role in the 2020 elections. Its Senate race may help determine which party controls the upper chamber of Congress and the winner of its 15 electoral votes will likely control the White House.
Despite Donald Trump being a deeply flawed president and candidate and being in the midst of a House inquiry likely to produce articles of impeachment, recent polls suggest that he is holding his own in terms of winning North Carolina in 2020. While these results show that Trump’s base will likely support him in 2020, they point to real problems for Democrats hoping to flip North Carolina’s electoral votes in their attempt to win back the presidency.
The October Meredith Poll asked state voters their preferences in matchups involving Trump and the five leading Democratic challengers for the party’s nomination: former Vice President Joe Biden, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Bernie Sanders (Vt.), Kamala Harris (Calif.) and Mayor Pete Buttegieg of South Bend, Ind. The poll results had Trump with slight leads over Biden and Warren, but larger leads over Sanders, Harris and Buttegieg. In each of these matchups, Trump’s support was steady at around 38 percent — just under his job approval rating in the state.
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