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Polling Average Shows Tightening Presidential Race, Biden’s 2020 Lead Now Narrower Than Clinton’s In 2016

Emily Zanotti
Polling Average Shows Tightening Presidential Race, Biden’s 2020 Lead Now Narrower Than Clinton’s In 2016
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Former Vice President-turned-2020 Democratic nominee Joe Biden is finding himself with a narrowing lead over President Donald Trump in the latest polls, and Trump, not Biden, appears to have gotten a “bounce” from the Democratic National Convention.

Although Biden remains ahead, the race, CNBC reports Wednesday, is now tightening even in battleground states, where Biden’s lead is lagging behind Hillary Clinton’s at this point in the 2016 presidential cycle.

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