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New Poll Shows Biden Over Trump In Head To Head Matchup In Ohio

By Jo Ingles

Published July 25, 2019 at 8:30 PM EDT

Top: Democrat Joe Biden, Bottom: Republican Donald Trump [Statehouse News Bureau] — Top: Democrat Joe Biden, Bottom: Republican Donald Trump

A new Quinnipiac University Poll shows Democratic Former Vice President Joe Biden is the only Democrat in the race who would beat Republican President Donald Trump if the election were held today.

The poll shows 52% of the Ohio voters surveyed prefer Biden, 42% Trump. Biden is more moderate than many Democratic presidential candidates.

“He has a natural constituency. Mr. Biden considers himself a blue-collar kind of guy. Ohio is definitely a blue-collar kind of state. And they mesh together quite well," pollster Peter Brown said.

The poll shows voters who consider themselves Independents prefer Biden 55% to 32%.