August 2012 unemployment was at 8.1%. Still, any sign of Mr. Trump closing the gap is likely to stir anxiety among Democrats who remember all too well how the president overcame Mrs. Clinton’s polling lead at the last minute in 2016. They totally over sample Democrats to a point that a child could see what is going on. Biden is 5 percentage points ahead of Trump in Ohio, 50% to 45%, Fox News pollsters found in likely voter surveys published Thursday. Nevada voters trust Biden to do a better job than Trump on coronavirus by 15 points, nominating the … Follow our latest coverage of the Biden vs. Trump 2020 election here. Yet even as the president tries to steer the campaign away from the pandemic and toward urban unrest, some of the most pivotal voters are more focused on the virus. They were so ridiculously wrong. And while Mr. Trump delivered a focused set of attacks on Mr. Biden at the Republican convention, he has swerved far off message in recent days as he has struggled to rebut reports that he disparaged American war dead and told the journalist Bob Woodward that he deliberately misled the public about the severity of the pandemic. In Wisconsin, Mr. Biden received 48 percent support compared with 43 percent for Mr. Trump. President Trump’s weekslong barrage against Joseph R. Biden Jr. has failed to erase the Democrat’s lead across a set of key swing states, including the crucial battleground of Wisconsin, where Mr. Trump’s law-and-order message has rallied support on the right but has not swayed the majority of voters who dislike him, according to a poll conducted by The New York Times and Siena College. Download our mobile app on iOS and Android and turn on Breaking News and Politics alerts. Student loan borrowers will be released from legal action resulting from unlawful practices by debt collectors, the New York attorney general’s office announced recently. It also distributed more than $62 million including $41.7 million in operating expenses. New Trump … See how President Trump is polling against challenger Joe Biden as each vies to win the 2020 presidential election A plurality of respondents told pollsters they believe the outbreak is “not at all” under control. View the results of 2020 election polls. The campaign also has more than $900,000 in debts including more than $108,000 to the Treasury Department for travel. Democratic nominee Joe Biden faces fresh challenges in Pennsylvania after the state Supreme Court ordered county elections officials to throw out mail-in ballots that are not submitted inside sealed “secrecy” envelopes.