Trump’s Chance to Win Is Fading With Little Time Left to Recover
- Polls show key voter groups turned off in crucial states
- Covid-19 takes him off campaign trail; Biden viewed favorably
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While the lesson of the 2016 campaign was never to count out Donald Trump, his path to re-election is narrowing dramatically as Democrat Joe Biden’s lead continues to grow and voters sour on the president’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump now trails Biden by an average of 9.7 percentage points nationally, and by about 5 to 7 points in key battleground states, according to the RealClearPolitics average of polling. With 25 days left, it’s not clear how Trump can make up lost ground.