Joe Biden isn’t the shoo-in candidate Democrats hoped for

Published June 24, 2020 8:41pm ET



The polls are damning: Almost every one has Joe Biden up ahead of President Trump by a significant margin — not because Biden is the ideal candidate, but because Trump is not.

A new New York Times-Siena College poll released Wednesday shows Biden leading Trump by 14 points, 50% to 36%, among registered voters. Numbers such as these have created a fresh wave of confidence among Democrats, who lost to Trump once and refuse to be beaten again.

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