Trump neck-and-neck with Biden, Warren, Sanders in Arizona: poll

President Trump is neck-and-neck with the top three Democratic presidential primary contenders in Arizona as the state sets itself up to be a key battleground in the 2020 race.

Trump is tied 50-50 among registered voters with former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in a new Emerson College poll. He also leads Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) by 2 points, a margin that falls within the survey’s margin of error.

{mosads}No other 2020 Democrat is in head-to-head matchups with Trump, according to the poll.

The president is anchored by an underwater approval rating in Arizona – 45 percent of registered voters approve of the job he’s doing while 50 percent disapprove. However, 50 percent still oppose impeaching him.

Though Arizona hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1996, Democrats are hoping to build off of changing demographics and Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s victory last year to gain momentum in the state and grab Arizona’s 11 electoral votes in 2020.

Arizona voted for Trump over Hillary Clinton by about 3.5 points in 2016.

The tight matchups in the state represent a prime opportunity for the Democratic Party to expand the electoral map and force the GOP to spend money in a state that has been reliably Republican since the turn of the century. 

The Emerson College poll surveyed 901 registered voters from Oct. 25-28 and has a margin of error of 3.2 percent.