New polls have Joe Biden leading Donald Trump by 5 points in Texas and 6 points in Florida

New polls have Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in Texas and Florida as coronavirus flares in both states

  • A new Dallas Morning News survey gives Biden a 5-point-lead in Texas
  • CBS polls show Biden leading by 6 in Florida but tied in Texas
  • Texas is a conservative state that usually votes Republican
  • Close race in Arizona 

New polls released Sunday showed Democrat former Vice President Joe Biden holding leads over President Donald Trump in Texas and Florida – both states that Donald Trump carried in 2016.

A Dallas Morning News shows Biden leading Trump 46 to 41, with 14 per cent undecided. The two men were tied at 43-43 in the same poll in April. 

CBS released a series of state polls Sunday, including one showing a 46 to 42 Biden lead in Florida, a critical battleground state.

Former Vice President Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in one Texas poll and trails by one point in another

The CBS / YouGov poll in Texas has Trump leading 46 to 45, within the error margin. In Arizona, they are tied at 46 per cent. Trump won Arizona by less than 2 percentage points in 2016.

All three states are experiencing a spike in coronavirus, and are helping drive a resurgence in infections.

Florida reported a stunning 15,000 infections in a single day Sunday, breaking its own record in a state where Trump is expected to deliver his convention speech next month.

The state’s 270,000 now rank higher than those in Spain or France, in a state that made an early push to reopen.

Arizona, where Trump held a campaign event a megachurch last month, is experiencing its own spike, in a state where immigration remains a driving issue.

Biden leads Trump in new polls in Texas and Florida, while trailing Trump by just one percentage point in a

Biden leads Trump in new polls in Texas and Florida, while trailing Trump by just one percentage point in a 

President Trump trails Joe Biden nationally and in several key battleground states

President Trump trails Joe Biden nationally and in several key battleground states

U.S. coronavirus deaths have topped 130,000

U.S. coronavirus deaths have topped 130,000

 

Texas, a prize that Democrats have coveted for years but have resisted pouring resources into, has experienced equipment shortages amid a coronavirus hot spot in Houston.

Hospitalizations in the state topped 10,000 Friday. 

Both campaigns are also watching Georgia, where Trump led Biden 48 to 45, just a three-point edge in a heavily Republican state. 

The silver lining for Trump in the group of surveys is that Biden remains below the critical 50-per cent mark. 

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