Biden leads Trump by 'landslide proportions' in new national poll

[Cha]

Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Trump by 13 points nationally according to the latest Quinnipiac University survey.

In a national head-to-head matchup, the poll found Biden taking 53 percent against 40 percent for Trump, with the poll's assistant director describing it as a "landslide" margin.

Five other Democratic contenders also lead the president: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Kamala Harris (Calif.) and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) hold healthy leads over Trump, with Sanders up by 9 points, Harris ahead by 8 and Warren leading by 7.

South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) lead Trump by 5 points, with each posting a 47 to 42 split.

“It’s a long 17 months to Election Day, but Joe Biden is ahead by landslide proportions,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/447972-biden-leads-trump-by-landslide-proportions-in-new-national-poll

From link..

Biden’s double-digit lead over Trump is largely driven by the gender gap. The former vice president edges Trump 47 percent to 46 among men. But among women, Biden leads by 26 points, 60 to 34.

Cross posted from LBN.. https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142327284

[underpants]

1. Undecided but I can't see many problems with Biden Harris

My 2 cents.

[Green Line]

2. My favorite ticket

[Cha]

70. Mine, too.. right now.

[Cha]

5. I like your 2 cents, underpants..!

Biden’s double-digit lead over Trump is largely driven by the gender gap. The former vice president edges Trump 47 percent to 46 among men. But among women, Biden leads by 26 points, 60 to 34.

[DownriverDem]

26. Yep

A Biden/Harris ticket would be great. Harris, as VP, would then be seen by the country in a leadership position. She would be aligned to be President. Americans are slow to accept women in leadershp positions. This will bring them along.

[MFM008]

40. Or Warren /Buttigieg

Another good one.
Ill vote for whoever our nominee is....

[zaj]

104. Buttigieg or Beto are both great

[peggysue2]

77. At the moment

that ticket sounds A-okay! Biden is already inside Trump's head. And Harris has a prosecutor's killer instinct. Sounds like a winning combo for 2020!

[Honeycombe8]

91. That's a good probability. But a waste to put Harris as VP.

She'd be a great AG.

[zaj]

103. She'd run as President in 2024.

I think Biden only plans 1 term, no?

[Honeycombe8]

110. He said he won't promise not to run again.

If she runs for President in 2024, I don't think she'd win. Just like she's not getting much support now. She's missing that charismatic quality that most Presidents have had. She's best in a position like AG.

[zaj]

102. Biden/Harris #1, Warren/Beto #2

[LakeArenal]

3. "0le 'Landslide Joe' we call him."

❣️🤗😍

[Cha]

6. Has an Awesome Ring to it, LakeArenal!

Biden’s double-digit lead over Trump is largely driven by the gender gap. The former vice president edges Trump 47 percent to 46 among men. But among women, Biden leads by 26 points, 60 to 34.

[Va Lefty]

4. Biden's not my 1st choice, or 2nd but we need to defeat Traitor don

I will support the Democratic nominee whoever he/she may be!

[DownriverDem]

27. All that matters

It's a numbers game we must win. I just want to beat trump.

[Skittles]

43. I would not be enthusiastic at all

but I will do what needs to be done

[Cha]

48. We know!

[Peacetrain]

7. Love those numbers!!!

He is getting under Trumps skin in a big way..

[Cha]

8. Yes, Biden is, Peacetrain!.. he has a plan even if

his critics don't see it.

Biden’s double-digit lead over Trump is largely driven by the gender gap. The former vice president edges Trump 47 percent to 46 among men. But among women, Biden leads by 26 points, 60 to 34.

[Peacetrain]

10. Oh Cha I can see where the campaign is going

and it is straight at Trump 100 miles an hour...

[Cha]

11. No other way, Peacetrain! More good news!..

Link to tweet

[onetexan]

36. I love reading yr posts

Theyre usually always full of optimism

[Cha]

39. lol.. Thanks, onetexan..

I get a little giddy after more than 2 years of the Psycho in our WH.. and the Prospect of Biden Beating him out the Door!

[onetexan]

51. Yes, out the door & into the Slammer

[Cha]

53. Good finish!

[Cha]

13. NEW: Key Iowa endorsements for @JoeBiden ahead of the former VP's 2-day swing through the state

Link to tweet

[Liberty Belle]

9. The problem is a national poll doesn't show who can win swing states,

and that's what matters. Anybody with a "D" after their name will win blue states like California.

I want to see what polls say about states Democrats narrowly lost last time -- and that might have a different outcome.

My other issue with an elderly candidate is the higher risk of a health issue before the election, which could throw things into chaos.

[mtnsnake]

12. + 1000

[highplainsdem]

14. Even the Trump campaign's internal polling shows Biden beating Trump in states Trump needs to win.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287146875

[DownriverDem]

29. Biden is winning

states trump carried right now. It's a numbers game. That's all that matters.

[Cha]

72. We'll see as time goes on here.. it

did say in the OP that it's early yet.

Right now I see Biden as helping us win Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

And, of course, we're wishing the best of health for Biden throughout. I like his experience and qualifications for the job.

[peggysue2]

78. Yup!

It's all about the math, whether Biden can carry Hillary's states + the Rust Belt. Right now Joe's looking good in Pennsylvania and Michigan. Democrats are going to have to work hard for Wisconsin. But at the moment all indicators point to Joe Biden kicking the Trumpster to the curb. The Donald knows this, too. A good thing. Because regardless of the nomination result, Joe Biden is inside the Squatter-in-Chief's head. And it shows. The more Trump worries and frets, the better for our nominee.

[Cha]

93. Thanks for the backup, Peggysue!

Biden has to be strong.. forces coming from all sides to take him down.. like Hillary.

[Drunken Irishman]

79. No Democrat is going to win the national popular vote by 10+ and lose the swing states.

It's just not mathematically possible. Had Hillary won the national popular vote by Obama 2012 margins, so by four-points instead of two, it likely swings Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin into her corner - maybe even Florida and North Carolina.

[Cosmocat]

87. Yep, however

he is up fairly big in a lot of those key states, too.

BUT, definitely WAY too early ...

[LibFarmer]

15. If this continues

and the David Sirotas and Nina Turners of this world don't go third party, Biden could win 42 states.

[DownriverDem]

30. If they do then

they are just as bad as trump. Traitors!

[Cha]

44. Here's to it only getting

stronger, Lib!

[LiberalLovinLug]

16. "Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 14 Points Nationally in New Poll"

https://time.com/4546942/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll/

Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Donald Trump, polling 14 percentage points ahead nationally, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll, which comes 12 days before the presidential election.

Lets not get too excited. a lot of work to be done.

[angrychair]

20. [phone]. N/T

[Cha]

22. Oh guess what?! We all have memories, too..

We know exactly what the fucking gop/Russians are capable of..

Breaking: 6 countries involved in election interference

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212154370

Evidence Russia helped elect trump is staggering.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212133245

Who said anything about not having a hellava lot of work ahead?

[Hekate]

99. What you said

[pnwmom]

37. And then 11 days before the election, James Comey dropped his letter.

And 3 days before the election came Comey's second announcement, belatedly clearing her -- which only added to the shadow he'd already cast.

[FiveGoodMen]

83. Exactly

Thanks for posting that.

I was just going to search for it.

[IronLionZion]

17. Hillary had similar polling

There's really no reason for Trump to be in office if it weren't for a few misguided swing states who made a terrible mistake. We hope Biden can win those states but should not take anything for granted.

[Cha]

28. No.. perish the thought.. Not taking anything for granted!

Breaking: 6 countries involved in election interference

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212154370

Evidence Russia helped elect trump is staggering.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212133245

[DownriverDem]

31. Those states

have moved away from trump.

[IronLionZion]

64. I sure hope so

[Cha]

113. It would so as

evidenced by the Midterms Victories against trump.

[LibFarmer]

52. It was not the swing states that made a mistake.

We all know who went third party or did not vote or voted for Trump.

We also know why they did it.

[progressoid]

62. Yep. Union members.

42% of Union Members voted for trump.

14% of the LGBT community voted for trump.

Latino voters: 28% for trump.

Asian voters: 27% for trump.

Lets not forget the 8% of registered Democrats who voted for him

[LibFarmer]

63. Plus the word on the street

that if Hillary loses, someone will have a second shot at the nomination.

This motivated Susan Sarandon, Brihana Joy Gray, Nina Turner AND David Sirota who actually wrote anti Hillary pieces up to the day of election.

[IronLionZion]

65. I hope those folks wise up this time

[SunSeeker]

18. K & R

[Ferrets are Cool]

19. Hmmmmmmmmm, where have I seen this before?

[DownriverDem]

32. Different times

Folks want normalcy. Biden represents that. Beating trump is all that matters. A Biden/Harris ticket would be great.

[Ferrets are Cool]

74. If that were actually true

we could put ANYONE with a D behind their name and win. I think we are ALL going to be surprised at how close this election is going to be. With gerrymandering and voter interference, we are in for a hard, tough battle. Then, add in the cheating at the polls, and we have NO idea who is going to win. I will never be sucked into to a premature celebration again.

[Hekate]

21. Works for me. It seems to be causing orange flop sweat at Mar-A-Lago...

[Cha]

71. We're coming for

him

[honest.abe]

23. Joe with all his "faults" is our best bet to win this thing.

[onetexan]

34. Joe's faults are minor compared to the Horrible guy in WH

With no redeemable qualities.

[honest.abe]

59. Yes indeed..

Thats why I put the quotes around "faults".

[EveHammond13]

24. I have to admit it. I'm old. And I'm cynical.

And no -- I do not have faith in most American voters to "do the right thing," to not be brainwashed by the media's slop, or to exercise the common sense God gave a goat.

Good thing I'm old because it would really suck for a young person to have my attitude.

But we need to understand how a lot of voters operate. People who are not on DU.

You go to the election with the voters you have, not the voters you wish you had.

[liberalmuse]

25. Our candidate has to win by enough points...

to offset election tampering by Russia, China, Israel, Saudi Arabia and North Korea. I think we can do it!

[DownriverDem]

33. Biden can

Beating trump is all that matters.

[mopinko]

35. here's how i read this poll-

deranged donald v any functioning adult 2020
or at least- any adult i have heard of.

i just cant see any of our candidates losing this time.
got way more to do w whether or not the voters get to choose or not.

[Cha]

50. I like this part of the current poll..

Biden’s double-digit lead over Trump is largely driven by the gender gap. The former vice president edges Trump 47 percent to 46 among men. But among women, Biden leads by 26 points, 60 to 34.

[FloridaBlues]

58. The female vote as it stands will sink trump also the total

Number of white male voters are split 46-47 between Biden and trump. Also not a good sign for trump.
Debates will be interesting but Biden can hold his own in debates.
I am leaning more each day for Biden.

[Cha]

60. Aloha, FloridaBlues! Like it says in the OP

it's early yet.. but it's still satisfying to see these number right now.. especially how much Biden is leading with Women Voters..

Also.. Good news..

Link to tweet

[NoMoreRepugs]

38. The exploding deficit, a slowing economy, fact finding

Congressional investigations, rising costs for food, health care and most everything else are going to help the Democratic candidate and hurt Delusional Donnie. All that combined with tons of hard work may be enough to offset gerrymandering, voter suppression, the Russians, the N
Koreans and whoever else benefits from another term for the Orange Menace.

But I still think a BIG IF.

[Silver Gaia]

41. Excellent news!

Thanks for posting this.

[Cha]

47. You're Welcome, Silver Gaia!

[mtnsnake]

42. That's great news, but if we were to nominate Jesse Ventura the numbers would still be in our favor

The country is sick of Trump, period.

[MontanaFarmer]

45. This poll is the electability argument, distilled.

Many lead, but Biden leads by the most, and clears 50%. Harris has been and remains my candidate, but you'd hear no objection from me for Biden/Harris. Trump must be vanquished, then we decide where we go as a party.

[RainCaster]

46. I'm not holding my breath

It's far too long till election time for me to worry about this. Do what you feel.

[Cha]

69. No... no holding of breath! I'm doing plenty

of this, though..

[Agschmid]

49. National polls are representative of the likely popular vote outcome, as we know...

That sometimes means almost nothing.

[Politicub]

54. We need the mother of all landslides

These numbers are looking great.

[Cha]

55. Yes We Do, Politicub!

I think Biden can get us Pennsylvania, Michigan, and hopefully Wisconsin, too!

[Lordquinton]

56. Aren't we like, almost a year out from the primaries?

Isn't this counting the eggs before they hatch?

[FiveGoodMen]

84. It's counting the eggs before they're laid.

[OrlandoDem2]

57. It's ALL about SCOTUS!! I'm a Biden guy to start with but I'll crawl over glass to vote for a

Democrat no matter who wins the nomination.

Imagine what’ll happen if Trump gets to replace RBG because he wins in 2020. Heck, it’s bad enough we have to pray every night she lasts another 18 months.

[Fiendish Thingy]

61. As we have learned twice before, nationwide polls are of little use

Especially this far out. They may indicate a general sense of the electorate about the incumbent, but as we have seen, it's the individual state polls that have better predictive power of the winner.

Once the Dems have a nominee, and state polls show a landslide EC victory, then I'll feel better.

[Cha]

66. Of course.. we're multi-tasking here..

feeling good about this poll even though it's way early and only a National poll.

[Cha]

67. FYI!

Link to tweet

[mtnsnake]

68. Only problem is, 84.5% of the people polled don't know WTH the Hyde Amendment is

"You mean Jekyll and Hyde? Heck yeah, he'll still have my vote."

[Drunken Irishman]

114. Probably why it's not near the issue many on DU were making it out to be.

[oasis]

73. Biden's the One. nt

[Cha]

112. Aloha, oasis!

Link to tweet

#TeamJoe

[LongtimeAZDem]

75. Plenty of time for Democrats to turn on him and throw it alll away

[Skya Rhen]

90. Yeah - you can always count on Democrats to do something stupid

to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory...

[Roy Rolling]

95. Get a new counting machine

Obama 2008, Obama 2012, Democrat John Bel Edwards Democrat governor of Louisiana. There are as may surprises on the upside as the downside, everyone makes mistakes.

Recovering from mistakes is what leadership is about, Warren stumbled out the gate but has made up the difference with consistent messaging.

Sure, anyone can fu*k up. But it isn't news, it's a prediction of failure.

Maybe you're having a bad day, cheer up! We could be hit by an asteroid tomorrow, Republicans have set Democrats up for a victory, they must play defense for another year. Even our "herding cats" party will remain cohesive and focused on beating Trump and ridding government of Republican/Russian traitors.

[stonecutter357]

76. K&R

[drmeow]

80. Thank you

This is the only type of polling that mattress to me.

[Tiggeroshii]

81. 6/15 CNN poll: Clinton leads Trump by 24%

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2015/images/06/30/trumpbushclinton.pdf


Polls are meaningless at this point and choosing candidates based sstrictly on polling is not the same as choosing candidates based on winnability -like where they stand on issues that the vast majority of Americans support.

[colsohlibgal]

82. Interesting

The tide seems to be turning away from that Creep, others had pretty healthy leads too.

My wish would be more for the more progressive candidates but while I certainly question a few Biden votes and takes he would be a quantum improvement over that Orange Idiot....As the others would too.

Had to laugh watching O’Donnell’s show last night, as he was asking his guests their take on all those democratic thrashing Drumpf, Rick Wilson said Hobos under a bridge would poll ahead of the jerk right now.

[musicman65]

85. When all the dust settles

He shall prevail

[Cha]

96. I hope so.. he is strong and

resilient!

[onlyadream]

86. I'm still shell-shocked from 2016

Wasn't Hillary also ahead by quite a bit?
I want to know about those few states (the ones that really mattered) that voted for Trump. What are those polls?

[Scurrilous]

88. K&R

[The Liberal Lion]

89. I'm still with Harris

But I'd be more than happy with Joe as Prez. He'd be a wonderful President I believe.

[Honeycombe8]

92. It looks like he may be the nominee. It doesn't enthuse me. nt

[jimlup]

94. This is great and all but ...

we have to uber on guard this cycle. I don't trust the election system - particularly with existing evidence of Russia and beyond.

We need to win by so much that it overwhelms any attempt to hack the vote.

[Gothmog]

97. This makes me smile

[colsohlibgal]

98. Minus Chicanery We Should Win With Most If Not All Of Them

Yes right now he has the biggest lead. But a long, long way to go, lots can happen. Remember George Romney early on being branded a lock.

Look at that Orange Disaster.....I think most all of our candidates should be able to beat him. Again I would prefer younger and more from the progressive wing. But I will vote for whoever we nominate as everyone should, our future desperately needs stable sanity in the White House ASAP.

[zaj]

100. A landslide election is priority #2 behind winning.

It's almost as important as winning.

A close win would be spun by Trump into being "fixed". A landslide would stop that rhetoric from being believed by swing voters send a signal to everyone to change course.

Anything short of that and we will keep fighting like we are now. Or it might even get worse.

[Cha]

115. Yes.. we're Going for Landslide!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

101. Can't say I'm surprised.

[Cha]

111. 17 months away.. hope it

gets worse and worse for trump like he bloody well deserves.

[spooky3]

105. Hey, non-DU men: wake the F up!

No one with a brain supports Trump. Women as a group get it, per this poll.

[Demon Dem]

106. And Heeeeere's the Video!

[Cha]

109. Thanks for the Vid, Demon Dem!

[Lucid Dreamer]

107. Don't get so happy so fast...

Remember that most trump supporters are too embarrassed to admit to poll takers that they would vote for him... but they DO vote for him.

These polls suck. If you adjust your campaign tactics by them, then your campaign will suck.

[Cha]

108. We're Happy in the right now.. we know

there's a lot of work ahead.