Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, October 22, 2020
TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45%
Same as yesterday
RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 42% (Economist) to 48% (Rasmussen). Without these extremes it would be 44%…. President Trump’s disapproval rating averages 54% today (+1 from yesterday)…. See the trend in Trump’s job approval average since the beginning of 2020 at approval trend…. NOTE: When Barack Obama won re-election in 2012, his job approval average in Lunchtime Politics was 50%, which was close to the percentage of the popular vote he would receive in the election (51%).
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Among general election voters
Nationwide Popular Vote
(NYT) Biden +9 (50-41)
(Reuters) Biden +9 (51-42)
(JTN/RMG) Biden +8 (51-43)
(IBD/TIPP) Biden +5 (50-45-3-1)
Average of today’s polls: Biden +7.8
RON’S COMMENT: Biden is at or above 50% in all four of today’s polls.
In the States
States Trump carried in 2016
PENNSYLVANIA (CNN): Biden +10
PENNSYLVANIA (Quinnipiac): Biden +8
PENNSYLVANIA (Fox News): Biden +5
WISCONSIN (Fox News): Biden +5
WISCONSIN (Surquehanna): Even
FLORIDA (CNN): Biden +4
FLORIDA (Reuters): Biden +4
IOWA (NYT): Biden +3
IOWA (Monmouth): Biden +3
IOWA (Emerson): Trump +2
ARIZONA (Reuters): Biden +3
ARIZONA (Rasmussen): Biden +1
MICHIGAN (Fox News): Biden +12
OHIO (Fox News): Trump +3
TEXAS (Quinnipiac): Even
RON’S COMMENT: Michigan and Pennsylvania look good for Biden today, although only one of two polls from Wisconsin are good for Biden. The Florida, Arizona and Iowa polls are largely good for Biden, although these states remain in play. Trump leads Ohio, which is good for him in this “must win” state, but Texas is even in the Quinnipiac poll.
SENATE ELECTIONS
Among voters in each state
MINNESOTA (KSTP)
Sen. Tina Smith (D) over Jason Lewis (R): +1 (43-42)
RON’S COMMENT: Could this be the sleeper Senate race that costs Democrats a seat they didn’t expect to lose?
- A month ago, incumbent Smith had an 11-point lead and early in October she had a 7-point lead. Now it’s nearly tied.
- This poll finds that “Smith’s lead among women and suburban votershas largely evaporated.”
- Despite a shrinking margin, Smith has been outraising Lewis. By the end of September, she had raised $14 million and Lewis had raised about $5 million.
- Smith was appointed to the Senate seat in January 2018 after Al Franken’s resignation (she was lieutenant governor at the time) and won it in a 2018 special election.
- Lewis is a former member of the U.S. House (he lost re-election in 2018) and radio talk show host.
OKLAHOMA (Sooner Poll)
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R) over Abby Broyles (D): +19 (56-37)
RON’S COMMENT: Inhofe was first elected to the Senate in 1994, beating Dave McCurdy. He’s a former member of the U.S. House and mayor of Tulsa. Broyles is a lawyer and a former TV journalist.
BARRETT CONFIRMATION
Among voters nationwide
Morning Consult poll findings:
- 51% of voters say the Senate should vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court––that’s up from the prior week. It appears the Senate hearings helped her. Only 28% of voters oppose her nomination.
- Currently, 32% of Democrats support her confirmation, that’s up from 27% a week before. Also, 44% of independents (up 6 points) and 79% of Republican (up 2 points) favor her confirmation.
- Based on this poll, it appears that Democrats have mostly failed to turn Barrett’s nomination into a negative for Republican candidates this year.
SOURCES
Presidential job rating average based on recent nationwide polls.
NATIONAL PRESIDENTIAL: NYT/Siena, Oct. 15-18; JTN/RMG, Oct. 15-17; Reuters, Oct. 16-20; IBD/TIPP, Oct. 17-21
STATE POLLS: Pollsters indicated along with results; most interviewing done within the last week, or otherwise noted.
BARRETT CONFIRMATION: Morning Consult, Oct. 16-18
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