President Trump Trails Joe Biden by 10 Points Nationally in Final Days of Election

Biden leads, 52% to 42%, among registered voters in national WSJ/NBC News poll; race in battleground states is narrowing

A new WSJ/NBC News poll finds former Vice President Joe Biden leading President Trump 52% to 42% among registered voters. But as WSJ’s Gerald F. Seib highlights, results show the race is tightening in 12 battleground states. Photos from left: Scott Hasse/Zuma Press; Brian Snyder/Reuters
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Aaron Zitner

President Trump trails by 10 percentage points among voters nationally in the final days of his re-election campaign, facing substantial public anxiety over the coronavirus pandemic but with broad approval of his management of the economy, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds.

Former Vice President Joe Biden leads Mr. Trump, 52% to 42%, in the poll’s final reading of voter opinion before Election Day, essentially unchanged from Mr. Biden’s 11-point advantage in mid-October. In particular, women and seniors have turned...

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