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Re: 2020 Democrats
by
Gyfts
on 07/06/2020, 08:21:23 UTC
⭐ Merited by theymos (2)
Some Texas polls came out for Biden vs. Trump and they're not looking good. We're super early so polls aren't all that relevant but you cannot be a Republican incumbent and be within the margin of error for a state like Texas.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/tx/texas_trump_vs_biden-6818.html

Recent Quinnipiac poll has Trump 44, Biden 43; conducted 5/28 - 6/1.

Looks like people really don't like where things are with Trump right now and I imagine the George Floyd incident has a lot to do with it. His twitter feed was a bit more out of control than normal and there were advisors that urged Trump to deliver a unifying message from the oval office during the peak of the riots but he refused.

For reference, Romney vs. Obama polls had a RCP average of nearly 16 points: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/tx/texas_romney_vs_obama-1945.html

The actual results for the state turned out to be just about spot on.