at the battleground states, it s a much, much closer hypothetical contest, with biden and trump basically tied in those states. states like michigan and pennsylvania, wisconsin as well. but biden also earlier this week got a little bit of welcome news in our cnn poll that was released that showed that 40% of democrats believe that he is the best candidate with the best chance of beating president trump. that was above his other rivals in the contest. on thursday night in los angeles, you had seven of those democratic contenders making their case for why they should take on president trump. you saw a lot of clashes, some interparty squabbles between the candidates. biden was asked yesterday whether he s concerned if democrats aren t going to be united heading into the caucuses. take a listen to what he had to say. i do worry about this notion that the democratic candidates spend a lot time attacking one
a new cnn poll shows the lead democrats have over trump is narrowing. arlette saenz joins me now. former vice president joe biden still holds the lead nationally among democratic candidates, but what do recent polls mean for his electability argument? reporter: well, fred, electability has been at the center of joe biden s argument throughout this campaign, that he views himself as the person best able to take on and beat president trump. you saw in polls released earlier this week that not only is joe biden leading nationally among democrats, he is also leading trump in head-to-head matchups. it s him and bernie sanders are the only ones who are a little bit above or at the margin of error in those head-to-head matchups with president trump. but then if you dive in and look
wait? as long as it takes. even if he doesn t come around to committing to a fair trial, keep those articles here. keep it as long as it takes. if you know and he s told you what he s going to do, let s give him a fair trial and hang him. it s the reverse of that. so congressman, you re talking about mcconnell saying, and i m just going to reiterate what you said. he s told you what he s going to do. it s almost like give him a fair trial and hang him, it s the reverse of that. yeah. you ve heard since that the trump campaign and others have used the words hang him as the dems want to hang trump. this is your first opportunity after that interview to offer clarity for those who want to interpret what you said in one way, clarity on your word choice, your intention. well, i don t know, you have