Republicans are putting their distrust in polls as former vice president Joe Biden
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Trump lags behind Biden in national polls almost 10 points and it follows it in battlefield states like Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Meanwhile, Biden is making inroads in some Republican Party states like Georgia, where a poll has him running shoulder to shoulder with Trump.
Realizing that Trump is unlikely to change his leadership style between now and Election Day, Republican senators expect a repeat of 2016 when polls suggested Trump would lose to his Democratic rival Hillary clinton
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Senator John Cornyn
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“I think it is very likely that they will not report support for the president. That’s what we saw in 2016, ”he said, noting that most polls still accurately predicted the popular vote.
“I am always a little skeptical when I see a poll,” he added.
Trump’s approval rating was 40.5 percent on Monday, according to an average of surveys compiled by the FiveThirtyEight website.
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Chuck grassley
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“Because the survey from previous years was incorrect, I think it is legitimate to question it. I don’t know if they are accurate or not, “he said.
A Des Moines Register poll released this month showed Trump leading Biden by just 1 point, 44 percent to 43 percent.
Polls around this time in 2016 also showed the alleged Democratic candidate, Clinton, at the helm of Trump in Iowa.
“I will only remind you of what the polls were like in the last presidential election,” said the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. Mike Crapo
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An ABC News / Washington Post poll of registered voters across the country showed Clinton with a 12-point lead over Trump on June 26, 2016.
The poll showed that 51 percent of voters were in favor of Clinton, while 39 percent were in favor of Trump, figures that coincide with a New York Times / Siena College poll published last week that caught the eye. widespread with Biden, Trump, 50 to 36 percent.
“No one is going to win a United States presidential election by 14 points,” the senator. Marco Rubio
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“At the end of the day, my prediction is that this race ends where it always was going to be: a very close race with a very narrow margin in a handful of states,” he added. “You will see those numbers approaching.”
An NBC News / Wall Street Journal / Marist poll in early July 2016 showed Clinton with a 7-point lead over Trump in Florida. Trump went on to lead the Sunshine State for 1.2 points.
The fate of the Republican majority in the Senate is closely related to Trump’s performance on Election Day, prompting some Republicans like the Republican Senate to scourge John Thune
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When asked if Trump needs to change his strategy, Rubio said the president is unlikely to alter his approach.
“I think Donald Trump is going to run like Donald Trump. It really hasn’t changed much since that summer when the escalator came down and I don’t expect it to change now, ”he said, referring to the launch of the first Trump campaign in June 2015.
The New York Times / Siena College poll last week also showed Biden up 7 points over Trump in Arizona, and the Real Clear Politics poll average shows Biden ahead 4 points.
Senator Kevin Cramer
Kevin John Cramer: Senate passes a sanctions bill aimed at China on the Hong Kong law. Cruz urges Trump to support Israeli annexation. (RN.D.) said that despite polls showing Biden with a small lead over Trump in Arizona, he does not believe the alleged Democratic candidate will finally take over the state.
“If Biden is only ahead by four or five [points] in Arizona, Donald Trump wins Arizona, “he said.
Cramer noted that Trump “has obviously been presented with a very challenging situation” due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it has had on employment and the economy.
“You’d rather be ahead than behind, there’s no question about that,” he said. “But I also know that Donald Trump has challenged these odds before and I think he is likely to do so again.”
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