Democracy Institute Poll: Electoral College Landslide for Donald Trump
by Michael Patrick Leahy
President Donald Trump is poised to win re-election in an Electoral College landslide, according to a poll released on Sunday.
The Democracy Institute/Sunday Express poll of 1,500 likely voters was conducted between October 28 and October 30 and shows Trump with a one point lead over Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the national popular vote, 48 percent to 47 percent. Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen receives two percent of the vote, and Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins receives one percent of the vote.
The national popular vote results are within the poll’s 2.5 percent margin of error.
The poll also shows the president leading in the Electoral College by a margin of 326 to 212. On election day 2016, the president won 306 Electoral College votes to 232 for Hillary Clinton. The Constitution provides that a candidate must win a majority of the Electoral College votes cast–270 out of 538–to win the presidency.
According to Democracy Institute/Sunday Express poll, Trump leads in all the states he won in 2016, and is poised to gain 20 additional Electoral College votes in three states Hillary Clinton won in 2016: Minnesota (10 Electoral College votes), Nevada (six Electoral College votes), and New Hampshire (four electoral college votes.)
The poll shows President Trump with record levels of support among Black and Hispanic voters.
Democrat nightmare: The daily Rasmussen Reports poll that tracks black support for Donald Trump shows the president sitting at 31 percent as of Thursday. https://t.co/a2rHUttnt6
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) October 30, 2020