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The major findings of our new national NBC News/WSJ poll:
1. Biden maintains his national lead over Trump.
Biden 51% (+1 since Aug)
Trump 43% (+2 since Aug)
Sept 13-16, +/- 3.1%, registered voters
1. Biden maintains his national lead over Trump.
Biden 51% (+1 since Aug)
Trump 43% (+2 since Aug)
Sept 13-16, +/- 3.1%, registered voters
2. The poll was conducted before Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death on Sept. 18, but it identifies only 11% of voters as being up for grabs, with nearly 90% having firmly made up their minds already
3. What's more, a combined 71% of voters don't see the upcoming debates as being very important to deciding their vote
Debates are...
Extremely important: 18%
Quite important: 11%
Just somewhat important: 27%
Not at all important: 44%
Debates are...
Extremely important: 18%
Quite important: 11%
Just somewhat important: 27%
Not at all important: 44%
4. Trump's job rating has ticked up slightly; so has Biden's fav/unfav rating
Trump approval: 45% approve, 53% disapprove (was 44%/53% in Aug and 42%/56% in July)
Biden's fav/unfav: 43% fav/45% unfav (was 39%/45% in Aug and 34%/46% in July)
Trump's fav/unfav is 41%/52%
Trump approval: 45% approve, 53% disapprove (was 44%/53% in Aug and 42%/56% in July)
Biden's fav/unfav: 43% fav/45% unfav (was 39%/45% in Aug and 34%/46% in July)
Trump's fav/unfav is 41%/52%
5. Trump's handling of the coronavirus remains underwater
Approve: 40% (unchanged)
Disapprove 57% (+1 since Aug)
Approve: 40% (unchanged)
Disapprove 57% (+1 since Aug)
Here's our writeup of the new NBC News/WSJ poll, including a PDF of the the full survey https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/after-tumultuous-month-news-biden-maintains-national-lead-over-trump-n1240501
Oh, and at 6:30pm ET, we'll be releasing the results of an NBC/WSJ/Telemundo oversample of Latino voters -- to gauge where the Latino vote is heading into November
