This is a list of nationwide public
opinion poll
An opinion poll, often simply referred to as a survey or a poll (although strictly a poll is an actual election) is a human research survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinion ...
s that were conducted relating to the general election for the
2020 United States presidential election. If multiple versions of polls are provided, the version among likely voters (LV) is prioritized, then registered voters (RV), then adults (A). Polling in the 2020 election was considerably less accurate than in the 2016 election, and possibly more inaccurate than in any election since 1996.
Polling aggregation
Two-way
The following graph depicts the standing of each candidate in the poll aggregators from September 2019 to November 2020. Former Vice President
Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, had an average polling lead of 7.9 percentage points over incumbent President
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
, the Republican nominee. Biden would win the national popular vote by 4.4 percentage points.
Four-way
Calculated averages are not comparable to those for the Biden vs. Trump polls. As polling with third parties has been very limited, the polls included in the average are often different.
National poll results
October 1 – November 3, 2020
September 1 – September 30, 2020
July 1 – August 31, 2020
May 3 – June 30, 2020
Jan 1 – May 2, 2020
2017–2019
See also
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Nationwide hypothetical polling for the 2020 United States presidential election
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Statewide opinion polling for the 2020 United States presidential election
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Statewide opinion polling for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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2020 Democratic National Convention
The 2020 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention that was held from August 17 to 20, 2020, at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and virtually across the United States. At the convention, delegates of ...
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2020 Republican National Convention
The 2020 Republican National Convention in which delegates of the United States Republican Party selected the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2020 United States presidential election, was held from August 24 to 27, 202 ...
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Opinion polling on the Donald Trump administration This article summarizes the results of polls taken during the presidency of Donald Trump which gather and analyze public opinion on his administration's performance and policies.
Graphical summary
Job approval ratings
Aggregate polls
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Notes
;Partisan clients
References
External links
General election poll tracker from FiveThirtyEight
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