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A new poll shows Oprah Winfrey with a slight lead over Trump in a 2020 matchup

This image released by NBC shows Oprah Winfrey accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. (Paul Drinkwater / Associated Press)
By Emily Heil Washington Post

President Donald Trump seemed confident he could trounce Oprah Winfrey in 2020, if the TV host-turned-media mogul were to drop her hat into the political ring. But a new poll suggests otherwise: Oprah would beat Trump by 40 percent to 38 percent, according to the data collected by the Morning Consult and Politico.

Not that she should start measuring those Oval Office drapes just yet: Her lead is within the poll’s plus or minus 2-point margin of error.

The poll also shows that Oprah could struggle in a Democratic primary – among Dem voters, former Vice President Joe Biden would best her by 54 percent to 31 percent and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders by 46 percent to 37 percent. On the other hand, she would beat New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand 44 percent to 23 percent and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren 39 percent to 35 percent.

Despite the poll being conducted in the days after Oprah’s Golden Globes speech. it appears that there just isn’t a ton of enthusiasm for her political future. Fifty-nine percent of respondents said she shouldn’t run, compared to 24 percent who said she should and 17 percent who didn’t know or had no opinion.