New poll reveals FIVE Democrats would beat Trump by at least nine points and says white women who were key to his 2016 victory have abandoned him
- In hypothetical 2020 general election matchups, five Democratic candidates would beat Donald Trump, according to a Wednesday poll
- Front-runner Joe Biden beat him by the largest margin, with 54 per cent of respondents claiming they would vote for him over 38 per cent for Trump
- Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg all beat Trump far outside the margin of error
- Trump's poor performance could likely be attributed to a drop in support among white female voters
- This demographic was key to Trump winning in 2016
Five Democratic primary candidates could beat Donald Trump if a general election were held today, according to a Wednesday poll.
In the hypothetical one-on-one matchups with the president, front-runner Joe Biden had the most likely chance of emerging victorious in the new Quinnipiac University poll.
Of the registered voters who responded to the poll, 54 per cent said they would vote for the former vice president over the 38 per cent who said they would vote for Trump.
The survey, taken August 21 – 26, only asked respondents about head-to-head matchups with the five top-polling candidates in popularity among likely Democratic primary voters.
Falling pretty far outside of the 3.1 per cent margin of error, respondents also said they would vote for Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg over Trump.
Sanders came in second to beating Trump, earned just one per cent less than Biden with 53 per cent to Trump’s 39.
Warren beat Trump 52-40 per cent, Harris 51-40 per cent and Buttigieg 49-40 per cent.
Five Democrats would beat Trump by nine percentage points or more in a general election if it were held today, a Wednesday poll revealed
Former Vice President Joe Biden is the most likely to beat Trump, earning 54 per cent support compared to Trump's 38 per cent
Of the 1,422 respondents, 29 per cent identify as Republicans and 34 per cent Democrats, the other 37 per cent are either independent or don’t have a party affiliation.
A separate Politico/Morning Consult poll released last week showed only two candidates beating Trump in hypothetical general election matchups: Biden and Sanders.
Despite the upset, Trump continues to tout his approval ratings, especially within the GOP.
On Tuesday he posted a tweet lauding his 94 per cent approval among Republican voters while bashing those challenging him in the 2020 primaries.
Quinnipiac notes that the low numbers could be to Trump’s depleting popularity among white female voters.
In 2016, that voting demographic was key to Trump winning over Hillary Clinton, but today, white women go for the Democratic candidate over the incumbent president by double digits in every presented scenario.
The poll noted that a key demographic Trump is losing support in is white women voters. In every case, white female registered voters said they would vote for a Democratic candidate over Trump
In each of the five matchups, 54-56 per cent of white women said they would vote for the Democratic candidate while between 34-40 per cent said they would go for Trump.
The poll was released August 28, which is the deadline day for candidates to qualify for the third primary debates in Houston, Texas next month.
The September debates require that candidates reach 2 per cent in four Democratic National Committee-approved polls and amass 130,000 unique donors with at least 400 donors from 20 different states.
At the time of this articles’ publication, only 10 candidates qualified of the 20 available slots.
All of the five candidates shown to beat Trump in the polls have qualified for the debates.
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