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Donald Trump will lose 2020 US presidential election by a landslide, according to almost all US polls

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He may have won a personal battle against the coronavirus, but Donald Trump is tipped to take an absolute hammering in the US Presidential Election in less than 30 days.

It has been a rollercoaster week for the President which has seen him take on Joe Biden in the election’s first debate and, of course, the theatrics of his COVID recovery.

However, the polls have only been heading in one direction, and it’s not pretty reading for the Republican camp.

Mr Trump’s Democratic rival now leads by a massive 9.4 points, according to the RCP national average of all major US polls.

That is up from 6.3 points just seven days ago, when the first presidential debate took place.

Some polls, such as the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, show much larger gains for Mr Biden. Some show he is up to 14 points ahead.

RCP has also looked at the key battleground states and found that Mr Biden is leading in states such as Iowa, North Carolina and Ohio which were once expected to be easy wins for Mr Trump. They show Mr Biden is now surging ahead by 4.7 points in those crucial states.

RCP, which collates the average of all major US polls, shows Joe Biden is surging ahead. Picture: RCP
RCP, which collates the average of all major US polls, shows Joe Biden is surging ahead. Picture: RCP

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Only four of the dozens of polls looked at by RCP show Mr Trump in the lead, and even those are by small margins.

In simple terms, unless Mr Trump can turn things around in four weeks, he is on track to lose the election by a landslide.

However, Mr Trump’s supporters, and the President himself, have pointed out that there’s a little bit of deja vu happening here.

They say nobody gave Mr Trump a chance in the 2016 election, but the polls ultimately turned out to be wrong.

Here in Australia, we know all too well about how misleading polls can be. Ask a Brit and they’ll tell you the same about Brexit.

The US Presidential Election is now just four weeks away. Picture: AFP
The US Presidential Election is now just four weeks away. Picture: AFP

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However, the signs for Mr Trump are a lot worse than last time.

Hillary Clinton never had a lead even close to this size over Mr Trump, and the Republican candidate actually overtook her twice.

This year, Mr Trump has not narrowed the gap with Mr Biden to less than 4 points at any time.

In 2016, Mr Trump was also given a boost 10 days before the election by the timing of FBI chief James Comey’s decision to reopen the probe into the Clinton email saga.

Mr Trump has hit back at America’s polls on several occasions, accusing them of being “fake” and masterminded by the “fake news media”.

However, it’s not just dire polling numbers he has to contend with ahead of the November 3 election, as the nation’s economy struggles to recover from COVID shutdowns that have left countless families and businesses struggling.

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He returned to work in the Oval Office Wednesday, six days after testing COVID-19 positive, and he was immediately briefed on economic stimulus negotiations and the progress of Hurricane Delta, which is hurtling towards the US Gulf Coast.

His exit from the hospital, like much of his handling of the pandemic that has killed over 210,000 people in the US, sparked controversy.

Just after stepping off a helicopter at the White House, he climbed the stairs of his residence and pulled off his face mask.

“Don’t let it dominate you. Don’t be afraid of it,” he urged Americans in his homecoming speech, referring to the virus.

By Wednesday, his doctors reported the president had been free of COVID-19 symptoms for 24 hours and had not had a fever in four days.

And, earlier today, he posted a bombastic video outside the White House, where he spruiked a new virus “cure” and said his infection was a “blessing from god”.

“Perhaps you recognise me, it’s your favourite President,” he said before praising America’s doctors and nurses. “We have great people, just a great country.”

He said that when he was taken to hospital last week he “wasn’t feeling so hot”, but that quickly changed thanks a new type of treatment.

He said an experimental antibody cocktail produced by biotech company Regeneron, that has rarely been used outside clinical trials, was a “cure” for coronavirus.

Mr Trump has vowed to return to campaigning shortly and to participate in the second presidential debate against opponent Joe Biden in Miami on October 15.

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