Biden, Sanders lead Trump in hypothetical match-ups: poll

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) lead President Trump  in hypothetical 2020 match-ups, according to a new national survey.

The Morning Consult/Politico poll released Wednesday found Biden leads Trump by 7 points, 42 percent to 35 percent. Twenty-three percent said they didn’t know yet or didn’t have an opinion.

{mosads}Pollsters found that Biden held a 7-point lead over Trump in the poll among women, compared to a 2-point lead over the president among men. Trump held a slight lead among white voters who responded to the poll, with a 2-point edge over Biden. However, the former vice president held a commanding lead among black voters, bringing in 69 percent of their vote compared to just 6 percent for Trump.

Sanders held a 5-point lead over Trump in a possible match-up, according to the poll.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tied with Trump, with both receiving 35 percent from respondents.

Other 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, including Sens. Kamala Harris (Calif.) and Cory Booker (N.J), former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (Texas) and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, trailed Trump by as many as 10 percentage points in the survey.

Biden has consistently fared well in polls matching up against Trump both nationally and in early primary states. Biden also holds a lead over all other 2020 Democratic candidates in most polls.

The online survey of 1,998 registered voters was conducted from Aug. 16-18 and has a margin of error of 2 percentage points.