USA Today: Biden leads Trump by 11 points in new national poll as approval of coronavirus response ticks down
By Jeanine Santucci USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden leads against President Donald Trump in a new head-to-head poll from Quinnipiac University, which has the presumptive Democratic nominee up 11 points.The poll, released Wednesday, found that voters supported Biden over Trump 50%-39%. Of Democrats surveyed, 88% said they would vote for Biden while 5% said they'd vote for Trump. Of Republicans, 87% chose Trump while 8% chose Biden. Independents favored Biden over Trump 47%-36%.
Biden's lead is up from Quinnipiac's national poll of voters in early April, when voters favored Biden over Trump 49%-41%; the change is within the survey's margin of error.
Biden's lead comes as states are beginning to roll out reopening plans amid the coronavirus pandemic. More voters disapprove of Trump's response to the coronavirus than they did in April, the poll found. Forty-one percent of voters approve of the response while 56% disapprove, from 46% approval and 51% disapproval last month.