Former Vice President Joe Biden is now leading in three key battleground states, according to new polls.
found Biden leading Trump 50% to 43% in the state. In 2016, Trump beat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton there by 3.5 percentage points.OH Predictive Insights also found Democrat
, 51% to 38%, in a closely watched Senate race. A Democrat hasn't won the presidential contest in Arizona since Bill Clinton in 1996.found Biden leading Trump by a more narrow margin, 52.3%-47.7%, in a head-to-head matchup. But when third-party candidates were included in the poll, Biden's 4.6-percentage-point lead shrunk to 0.6.
In 2016, Trump beat Clinton in Florida by 1.3 percentage points. If Biden is able to wrest the state from the president in November, it will likely be due to his stronger support among independent voters. Clinton lost those voters by 4 percentage points in 2016 but Biden is lead Trump among them, 44.4%-36.5%, according to the poll.
Barack Obama won Florida in both the 2008 and 2012 elections. The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5%.Clinton beat Trump in Virginia by nearly 5 percentage points in 2016 and Biden is poised to perform even better,That survey of 563 potential voters conducted from May 3-17 found Biden leading Trump in Virginia by a 12-point margin, 51%-39%.
The poll also found Virginia's Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Warner with a comfortable, 48%-31% lead over a generic Republican candidate in his bid for a third term.
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