- Polls are being conducted to gauge the mood of Americans ahead of the November presidential election
- Major polls conducted so far indicate Democrat's candidate, Biden, is ahead of President Trump in battleground states
- Poll analysis experts such as The Economist have also predicted that Biden is likely to beat Trump
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As Americans prepare for the November 2020 presidential election, polls are being conducted to evaluate the strength of the two contenders: President Donald Trump of the Republican party and Joe Biden of the Democratic Party.
While polls are good ways to gauge the mood of the nation by asking voters which candidate they prefer, they're not necessarily a good way to predict the result of the election.
According to BBC, Biden has been ahead of President Trump in most national polls since the beginning of the year.
US presidential election: Biden leads President Trump in major polls.
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The newspaper reported that the Democrat's presidential candidate has hovered around 50% in recent months and has had a 10-point lead on occasion.
Polls results in the battleground states:
1. Arizona
Biden - 48.8%
Trump - 44.3%
2. Florida
Biden - 48.2%
Trump - 47.0%
3. Georgia
Biden - 45%
Trump - 46.3%
4. Iowa
Biden - 45%
Trump - 46.7%
5. Michigan
Biden - 47.8%
Trump - 43.6%
6. Minnesota
Biden - 49.7%
Trump - 43.3%
7. Nevada
Biden - 46.5%
Trump - 40.5%
8. New Hampshire
Biden - 49.7%
Trump - 41.7%
9. North Carolina
Biden - 48.0%
Trump - 47.2%
10. Ohio
Biden - 46.7%
Trump - 44.3%
11. Pennsylvania
Biden - 49.0%
Trump - 44.7%
12. Texas
Biden - 43.8%
Trump - 47.3%
13. Virginia
Biden - 51.5%
Trump - 39.0%
14. Wisconsin
Biden - 49.6%
Trump - 43.3%
BBC notes that political analysts are less convinced about President Trump's chances of re-election.
FiveThirtyEight, a political analysis website, says Biden is "favoured" to win the election, while The Economist says he is "likely" to beat President Trump.
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Meanwhile, Briefly.co.za previously reported that President Muhammadu Buhari had finally lifted the lid on his response to President Trump after the US president accused his government of treating the killing Christians in Nigeria with soft gloves.
Speaking on Tuesday, September 8, during the second day of the one year retreat for ministers and top government officials, Buhari said he told Trump that the crisis between the herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria is not religious but cultural.
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