President Donald Trump gestures towards journalists shouting questions as he departs the White Home Could 29, 2018 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee |
President Donald Trump gestures towards journalists shouting questions as he departs the White Home Could 29, 2018 in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump is the favourite candidate of America’s millionaires — and his help appears to be strengthening.
Requested which candidate they help for president in 2020, 36% of millionaires named Trump, up from 32% in Could, based on the This autumn CNBC Millionaire Survey. The second-favorite candidate is former Vice President Joe Biden, with 14%. Sen. Elizabeth Warren got here in third, with 8%. The survey was performed earlier than Michael Bloomberg entered the race.
Millionaire help for Trump has additionally grown over the previous three years. In mid-2016, Trump trailed Hillary Clinton by 13 factors amongst millionaires. Of millionaires as we speak who’ve donated to a marketing campaign, the most important quantity — 39% — have donated to Trump.
Nonetheless, their help for Trump — and their all-important donor {dollars} — relies upon largely on who he faces in 2020. When requested who they’d help in one-to-one match-ups, Joe Biden beats Trump 48% to 41%, based on the survey. Biden would even get 18% of Republican millionaire votes in a Trump-Biden match-up.
The one different Democratic candidate who beats Trump amongst millionaires is Pete Buttigieg, who edges previous Trump 46% to 43%. Trump simply beats each Bernie…