As U.S. becomes more diverse and college-educated, Trump's core demographic is steadily declining. In 2020, noncollege whites are on track to make up about 43% of the nation's adult citizens, down from 46% in 2016. Meanwhile, whites with four-year degrees, who are trending blue and increasingly behave like a different ethnic group from noncollege whites, will make up 25% of adult citizens, up from 24% in 2016. And Black Americans, Latinos, Asians and other nonwhites, historically Democrats' most reliable supporters, will make up 32%, up from 30% four years ago. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/20...16-could-be-enough-defeat-trump-it-s-n1240724
I was being facetious. Polls, if done accurately and one understands the particular methodology behind it, can provide an relatively accurate reading of public opinion for a specific point of time. Some people consider polls prologue, which seems silly to me.
The problem with polls is they're down to like a 5% response rate. They ask respondents if they're Democrat/Independent/Republican and try to match it up with the general electorate, but nobody really knows all of the biases of those actually answering polls.
A new Quinnipiac poll finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump nationally among likely voters, 52% to 42%. These numbers are unchanged from a poll three weeks ago. Said pollster Tim Malloy: “Voters think Biden is smarter, more honest, more level headed, and cares more about Americans than the president. And that, in part, translates into a ten-point lead.” A new Marquette Law poll finds Biden ahead nationally, 50% to 40%.
Of all the polls on RCP, only Rasmussen is showing Trump at less than -5 this month. The polling averages have shown a consistent 7-8 point lead since July on FiveThirtyEight: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/national/
New New York Times/Sienna College polls: GEORGIA: Biden 45%, Trump 45% IOWA: Biden 45%, Trump 42% TEXAS: Trump 46%, Biden 43% New YouGov polls: MICHIGAN: Biden 51%, Trump 45% PENNSYLVANIA: Biden 49%, Trump 45% WISCONSIN: Biden 50%, Trump 46%
New Quinnipiac polls: TEXAS: Trump 50%, Biden 45% OHIO: Biden 48%, Trump 47% New Data Orbital poll: ARIZONA: Biden 49%, Trump 46%