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Despite Polls, Trump Claims He Leads 2020 Democratic Contenders

Ken Bredemeier

   U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Monday he is leading a "motley
   crew" of Democratic presidential contenders seeking to oust him in the
   2020 election, even as his campaign dismissed three pollsters after
   surveys leaked showing Trump badly trailing the leading Democrat,
   former Vice President Joe Biden.

   "Only Fake Polls show us behind the Motley Crew," Trump said on
   Twitter.

     Only Fake Polls show us behind the Motley Crew. We are looking
     really good, but it is far too early to be focused on that. Much
     work to do! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]June 17, 2019

   News accounts in the U.S. said Trump was incensed that leaked polls
   from his own campaign showed him losing to Biden in key battleground
   states that are likely to be crucial to the outcome of the Nov. 3,
   2020, election.

   The internal polling in March showed Trump trailing Biden, who is
   currently leading 22 other Democrats seeking the party's presidential
   nomination, by 16 percentage points in Pennsylvania, 10 in Wisconsin
   and seven percentage points in Florida. Trump won all three states in
   the 2016 election against Democrat Hillary Clinton and would likely
   need to claim them again to win a second four-year term in the White
   House.

   Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale confirmed the poll results, but
   said they were outdated, "ancient, in campaign terms."

   To shrink the possibility of future leaks, Trump's campaign fired three
   of the five pollsters working for him.

   Independent polling also shows the U.S. president trailing hypothetical
   opponents nearly 17 months ahead of the election.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1140591670280564737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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