Both Democratic contenders have strongly criticized Trump's handling of the government response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Other recent national polls have shown similar results, with both Democratic candidates several points ahead of the president.
A survey released on March 20 by Emerson College showed Sanders and Biden both ahead of Trump by six points, 53 percent to 47 percent. An NBC News/poll released on March 15 showed Biden with a more commanding lead of 9 points, 52 percent to Trump's 43 percent. Sanders, in that survey, also beat Trump by 4 points, 49 percent to 45 percent.
But Democrats learned in 2016 that significant leads in national polling do not necessarily translate to victory in November. Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was ahead of Trump by more than 20 points in nationwide surveys at one point during her 2016 campaign, but she eventually lost in the general election.
As the coronavirus pandemic has taken control of the news cycle, and multiple states have postponed their Democratic primaries, the election has faded noticeably from national attention. Biden, the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, has attempted to convince voters that he would handle the growing crisis better than Trump, repeatedly criticizing the president.
"For too long, the warning signs were ignored. For too long the administration said the threats were 'under control,' 'contained,' 'like the flu.'" Biden said in a Monday video message from his home."The president says, 'No one saw this coming.' Well, that's just not accurate. Our intelligence officials were warning of coronavirus threat in January," he noted.
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