The Memo: Trump hopes narrow as polls worsen
By Niall Stanage - 06/25/20 06:18 AM EDT
The bad news is piling higher for President Trump, who is having a dismal time in opinion polls.
Trump would almost certainly lose his reelection battle if voters went to the polls today. But Republicans still have reasons for hope — and Democrats to fear — more than four months before Election Day.
For both sides, the prospect of a Trump comeback rests on two possibilities: signs of resurgence in the economy, and the potential for Trump’s presumptive Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, to be weakened by months of attacks.
A new poll from The New York Times and Siena College Wednesday made plain the scale of the challenge Trump faces.
The president trailed Biden by 14 points, 50 percent to 36 percent, among registered voters.
Biden’s lead in the RealClearPolitics (RCP) national polling average is now above 10 percentage points. That puts him in a stronger position than Hillary Clinton at this point of the 2016 cycle. In late June 2016, Clinton led Trump by about 6 points in the RCP average.
Among Democrats and other Trump critics, there are stirrings of unease even now, however.
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