Joe Biden and Donald Trump. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: AP, Alex Brandon/AP) Heading into the final week of the 2020 presidential campaign, former Vice President Joe Biden now holds his largest-ever lead over President Trump, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll — a 12-point margin that’s four times the size of Hillary Clinton’s national advantage over Trump at this point in 2016. The survey, which was conducted from Oct. 23-25, found that 54 percent of likely voters… Source link
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