NEW: Joe Biden is leading Donald Trump in a wave of new national and battleground polls even though 42% of voters are unfamiliar with what he has said about the coronavirus.

Can he win as the generic non-Trump?

w/ @abedelman @MariannaNBCNews https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/joe-biden-leading-presidential-polls-generic-alternative-trump-n1190851

Joe Biden's sparse schedule since the crisis hit has drawn criticism and mockery. Our new NBC poll suggests his message on COVID-19 is failing to reach lots of voters.

And yet he leads Trump nationally and in a bunch of new surveys of PA, WI, MI & FL. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/joe-biden-leading-presidential-polls-generic-alternative-trump-n1190851