President Biden is trailing former President Trump by 8 percentage points in the battleground state of Michigan, according to a new poll.
A new poll in Michigan found that voters are more likely to support Trump than Biden, although neither of the front-runners secures majority support. detroit news report. The poll, commissioned by The Detroit News and WDIV-TV, found that 47% of likely Michigan voters support Mr. Trump, while 39% support Mr. Biden.
The paper found that 3% of Michigan voters surveyed said they would support another candidate, while 11% were undecided.
The poll also asked voters whether Biden and Trump had done enough during their time in the Oval Office to deserve a second term, according to the Detroit News. Only 17% said Biden has done well enough to win another term, and 77% said they would like to see someone else in the White House. Meanwhile, 33% said Trump should get another term, and 62% said someone else should be elected.
Michigan is a key battleground state in this year's election. Biden won the state by 3 points in 2020, recapturing a state that Trump narrowly won in 2016. The Hill/Decision Desk's average Michigan poll shows Trump leading Biden by 6 points in the state.
The Detroit News asked voters to choose between the two front-runners or a third-party candidate and noted that Trump had an advantage over Biden in the state. The survey also included potential third-party candidates, including former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who has not announced plans to run for the White House, giving Trump an 11-point lead over Biden. Expanded to point point.
The poll was conducted by Glengarriff Group among 600 likely Michigan voters and has a margin of error of 4 percentage points, the paper said.
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