Is Joe Biden weaker today than Hillary Clinton was in 2016?

Published April 7, 2020 4:18pm ET



The polls show Joe Biden leading President Trump in the presidential race. Looking at the last 10 surveys in the RealClearPolitics average of polls matching Trump versus Biden, Biden is leading in every one of them — by anywhere from 3 to 10 points. Biden’s average lead in those 10 polls is 5.5 points.

The results echo polls from this point in 2016, when the general election matchup was Trump versus Hillary Clinton. Taking 10 polls from this time in the last campaign, Clinton led in every one of them — by anywhere from 6 to 18 points. Her average lead in those 10 polls was 10.5 points.

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