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
By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com
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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
President Trump trails Joe Biden nationally and in several key battleground states
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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