Today’s 2020 Election Polls: Trump’s Poll Lead With Florida’s Hispanic Voters Disappears

Topline

A slate of polls out Tuesday showed Joe Biden boasting a solid lead in the battleground states of North Carolina, Florida, Wisconsin, and Minnesota—and dramatically reversing President Trump’s lead among Hispanics in Florida—helping to ease Democrats’ concerns about an emerging weakness for the Democratic nominee in the bellwether state.

Key Facts

Key Background

Polls have consistently shown Biden struggling with Hispanic voters in Florida, which make up a large portion of the population. Biden has favored particularly poorly with Cuban-Americans. The Trump campaign has attempted to capitalize on Biden’s weakness with Hispanics, and recently ran a misleading ad that shows clips of the former vice president next to former Latin American dictators Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s former president, and Fidel Castro, Cuba’s former leader. 

What To Watch For 

Biden has led consistently in national polls by an average of 7.5 points and has polled well in several battleground states such as Michigan and Wisconsin. But his performance in two states that could tip the Electoral College — Florida and Pennsylvania — has been more precarious. Biden leads by 1.6 points on average in Florida polls and by 4.3 points in Pennsylvania surveys.