ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Joe Biden is taking his electability pitch to new lengths. Only eight seconds into his first TV ad launched Tuesday [8-20-19], there’s a full-screen graphic showing Biden leading President Donald Trump by from 9 to 13 points in four recent polls…Jill Biden was equally blunt in New Hampshire on Monday, telling voters, ‘I know that not all of you are committed to my husband, and I respect that. But I want you to think about your candidate, his or her electability, and who’s going to win this race.’ Each Democratic candidate is trying to make the case he or she can beat Trump — but Biden is taking the electability argument further than any candidate in recent memory. And he has the numbers to back it up: A new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll is just the latest survey showing the former VP with the biggest lead over Trump. It has Biden up 7 points over the president in a hypothetical general election matchup, 42 percent to 35 percent. Other than Bernie Sanders, who led Trump by 5 points, every other Democrat is either tied with the incumbent or trails him.”
–Steven Shepard, “Biden and Bernie the only Democrats to beat Trump in new poll,” Politico, August 21, 2019 5:01 am