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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

Biden faces calls not to seek re-election as shock poll rattles senior Democrats

Joe Biden answers a question as Donald Trump listens during the second and final presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee, on 22 October 2020.
Joe Biden answers a question as Donald Trump listens during the second and final presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee, on 22 October 2020. Photograph: Reuters

Senior Democrats have sounded the alarm after an opinion poll showed Joe Biden trailing the Republican frontrunner Donald Trump in five out of six battleground states exactly a year before the presidential election.

Trump leads in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania, with Biden ahead in Wisconsin, according to a survey published on Sunday by the New York Times and Siena College. Biden beat Trump in all six states in 2020 but the former president now leads by an average of 48% to 44% across these states in a hypothetical rematch.

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