By Jason Lange
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has pulled into a virtual tie with Democratic challenger Joe Biden in Florida, just a week after the former vice president held a narrow lead there, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll showed on Wednesday.
With less than a week to go before next Tuesday’s election, a second Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that the two candidates remain neck and neck in Arizona.
Reuters/Ipsos is polling likely voters in six states – Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Florida and Arizona – that will play critical roles in deciding whether Trump wins a second term in office or if Biden ousts him.
Below is a state-by-state look at Reuters/Ipsos findings, based on the online responses of likely voters:
FLORIDA (Oct. 21 – Oct. 27)
* Voting for Biden: 49%
* Voting for Trump: 47%
* A prior poll had showed Biden with an apparent lead of 50%-46%, with the margin being on the edge of the poll’s credibility interval.
* 32% said they already had voted.
* 48% said Biden would be better at handling the coronavirus pandemic. 42% said Trump would be better.
* 52% said Trump would be better at managing the economy. 41% said Biden would be better.
ARIZONA (Oct. 21 – Oct. 27):
* Voting for Biden: 48%
* Voting for Trump: 46%
* The two are statistically tied as the margin is within the survey’s credibility interval.
* A prior poll also showed a statistically even race, with 49% for Biden and 46% for Trump.
* 37% said they already had voted.
* 50% said Biden would be better at handling the coronavirus pandemic. 42% said Trump would be better.
* 50% said Trump would be better at managing the economy. 44% said Biden would be better.
MICHIGAN (Oct. 21 – Oct. 27):
* Voting for Biden: 52%
* Voting for Trump: 43%
* Biden was up 51%-44% the prior week.
* 32% said they already had voted.
* 52% said Biden would be better at handling the coronavirus pandemic. 39% said Trump would be better.
* 48% said Trump would be better at managing the economy. 45% said Biden would be better.
NORTH CAROLINA (Oct. 21 – Oct. 27):
* Voting for Biden: 49%
* Voting for Trump: 48%
* Since the margin is within the poll’s credibility interval, the race is statistically tied, as it was in the prior poll when Biden had 49% to Trump’s 46%.
* 35% said they already had voted.
* 48% said Biden would be better at handling the coronavirus pandemic. 44% said Trump would be better.
* 51% said Trump would be better at managing the economy. 43% said Biden would be better.
WISCONSIN (Oct. 20 – Oct. 26):
* Voting for Biden: 53%
* Voting for Trump: 44%
* Biden’s advantage is marginally wider than his 51%-43% lead the prior week.
* 33% said they already had voted.
* 52% said Biden would be better at handling the coronavirus pandemic. 38% said Trump would be better.
* 47% said Trump would be better at managing the economy. 45% said Biden would be better.
PENNSYLVANIA (Oct. 20 – Oct. 26):
* Voting for Biden: 50%
* Voting for Trump: 45%
* Biden’s lead is marginally wider than in the prior week when he was up 49%-45%, an advantage that was on the edge of the survey’s credibility interval.
* 21% said they already had voted.
* 50% said Biden would be better at handling the coronavirus pandemic. 42% said Trump would be better.
* 50% said Trump would be better at managing the economy. 43% said Biden would be better.
NOTES
The Reuters/Ipsos opinion polls are conducted online in all six states in English, as well as in Spanish in Arizona and Florida.
* In Florida, from Oct. 21 to Oct. 27, it gathered responses from 1,006 adults, including 704 likely voters, and had a credibility interval of 4 percentage points.
* In Arizona, from Oct. 21 to Oct. 27, it gathered responses from 1,007 adults, including 714 likely voters, and had a credibility interval of 4 percentage points.
* In Michigan, from Oct. 21 to Oct. 27, it gathered responses from 1,005 adults, including 652 likely voters, and had a credibility interval of 4 percentage points.
* In North Carolina, from Oct. 21 to Oct. 27, it gathered responses from 1,006 adults, including 647 likely voters, and had a credibility interval of 4 percentage points.
* In Wisconsin, from Oct. 20 to Oct. 26, it gathered responses from 1,008 adults, including 664 likely voters, and had a credibility interval of 4 percentage points.
* In Pennsylvania, from Oct. 20 to Oct. 26, it gathered responses from 1,001 adults, including 653 likely voters, and had a credibility interval of 4 percentage points.
(Reporting by Jason Lange; Additional reporting by Chris Kahn; Editing by Peter Cooney)
