Trump Trailing Potential Democratic Challengers In PA, Poll Says

PENNSYLVANIA - President Trump trails all of the top Democratic presidential candidates in Pennsylvania, a state the president carried in 2016. That's according to the results of a new Quinnipiac University poll.

In hypothetical matchups, the races are tight between Trump and Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hold more comfortable leads over the president.

Although Trump narrowly won the state in 2016, polls thus far suggest he will have difficulty duplicating that feat. If he does not, his chances of winning a second term take a significant hit.

The Keystone State's 20 electoral votes are tied for fifth-most and Pennsylvania was one of three traditionally blue states that propelled Trump to victory in 2016. Trump, in fact, was the first Republican presidential candidate to win Pennsylvania since George H.W. Bush in 1988.

But Trump's margin of victory over Hillary Clinton was razor-thin. More than six million votes were cast in Pennsylvania and Trump won by 44,000 - or less than one percent. Even a
miniscule voter shift next year could tip the state to Trump's Democratic opponent.

In the Quinnipiac poll:

• Biden leads Trump 50-42 percent.

• Klobuchar leads Trump 49-42 percent.

• Bloomberg leads Trump 48-42 percent.

• Sanders is ahead of Trump 48-44 percent.

• Buttigieg leads Trump 47-43 percent.

• Warren is ahead of Trump 47-44 percent.

The poll also surveyed voters in two other swing states, Wisconsin and Michigan. Trump holds significant leads over Democratic candidates in Wisconsin and is locked in tight races with them in Michigan.

You can see the entire poll results here.