Independent Candidate Would Significantly Help Trump

A new Wason Center poll finds that having an Independent candidate in the 2020 presidential race dramatically improves President Trump’s chances of reelection.

Key findings: “In a head-to-head match-up of the 2020 general election, Trump trails a generic Democratic Party nominee among likely voters by 11 points, 37% to 48%, with 9% of voters undecided.”

“With an Independent in the race, the election becomes a statistical tie between Trump and his Democratic Party rival, 34% to 32%, with 16% going to the Independent and 16% undecided.”

“An analysis of voters who selected the Independent option after initially selecting Trump or the generic Democrat reveals that for every voter Trump loses, the Democrat loses 5.”