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Trump Is Beating His Main 2020 Democratic Rivals—Even as Impeachment Looms, Poll Shows

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President Donald Trump tops his main Democratic rivals in head-to-head matchups, even as he faces impeachment, according to a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll.

The survey shows Trump beating former Vice President Joe Biden by about 3 percentage points, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders by a little more than 5 points and Massachuetts Senator Elizabeth Warren by almost 8 points.

He’d also defeat South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg by roughly 10 points and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg by almost 9 points, the poll found. Bloomberg is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News.

The poll of 1,000 registered voters was conducted Dec. 10-14 and has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3 percentage points, Its findings come as the U.S. House prepares to vote Wednesday on two articles of impeachment against Trump.

Among the top Democratic hopefuls, Biden still leads the field, with 23% of those surveyed backing him, although that’s a decrease of 3 points from an October USA Today/Suffolk University survey.

Support for Sanders increased 1 point from the October poll, with 14% backing the Vermont senator. Warren dropped 4 points from October, with 13% now backing her, and Buttigieg dropped 2 points, snagging the backing of 8% of respondents this time.

More than half of voters surveyed, 58%, said they had seen ads from Bloomberg — a new entrant to the race — and about 35% of those who’d seen the ads said they found them at least somewhat convincing.

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