Biden tops Trump by 8 points in national survey

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads President Trump by 8 points among likely voters in Morning Consult’s final nationwide preelection survey of likely voters.

The survey, released Monday, found Biden with 52 percent support to Trump’s 44 percent. The polling firm notes that Biden’s lead is considerably more than that of Hillary Clinton in its final 2016 survey.

That poll showed Clinton leading with a plurality, 45 percent to 42 percent, with third-party candidates pulling 12 percent of the vote. Clinton ultimately won the popular vote by 2.1 points, but lost the Electoral College along with the key swing states of Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 8 percentage points nationally, 51.9% to 43.9%, according to our final pre-election daily tracking. https://t.co/jLPH4hBZSn pic.twitter.com/pB0WCXJUOW

— Morning Consult (@MorningConsult) November 2, 2020

The survey, like other 2020 polling, shows Biden with a significant advantage among female voters, with 54 percent to Trump’s 41 percent. It also shows close to a dead heat among men, with 49 percent supporting Biden and 47 percent supporting Trump.

The former vice president has also significantly cut into Trump’s share of voters ages 45 to 64 compared to 2016. The poll shows Biden with 49 percent of voters ages 45 to 54 to Trump’s 47 percent, and 49 percent to 46 percent among voters ages 55 to 64. Trump led with 52 percent in both age groups in the 2016 survey.

Biden has cut into Trump’s lead among voters over 65 by an even bigger margin, leading 50 percent to 47 percent compared to Trump’s lead of 56 percent to 41 percent in 2016.

Morning Consult polled 14,633 likely voters between Oct. 28-31. The sample has a 1 point margin of error.