The latest poll shows that President Biden has widened his lead by 6 points in a hypothetical showdown with former President Trump, amid signs that the gender gap in support rates for leading candidates in both parties is widening. became.
New national poll from Quinnipiac University revealed Biden’s approval rating is 50% Trump has a 44% lead among registered voters overall.
This is a change in incumbent support from last December, when Quinnipiac deemed the same Biden vs. Trump hypothesis “too close to decide,” with Biden at 47% and Trump at 46%. was.
The latest poll results show that Mr. Biden has a majority of support among independents, compared to 52% for Mr. Trump and 40% for Mr. Trump.
The poll also found a widening gender disparity in approval ratings for current and former presidents seeking second terms in the White House.
Fifty-eight percent of women say they support Biden, up from 53% in December.
At the same time, 53% of men say they support Trump, “virtually unchanged” from 51% in December.
“Gender demographics tell a remarkable story: Driven by female voters in just the past few weeks, a head-to-head race against Trump has turned into a narrow lead for Biden,” said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst. said Tim Malloy in the report.
As the 2024 election race heats up, Mr. Biden has named himself among a handful of potential challengers on the Democratic side, but the Republican race is a two-man race between Mr. Trump and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. It has become.
Haley persevered despite calls from many within her party to solidify support for the former president, pointing out that polls showed support for Biden over Trump and suggesting she could win. It leans towards the discussion of sexuality.
And while Biden beat Trump in a head-to-head test, a new Quinnipiac poll finds Haley outperforming the incumbent under alternative assumptions.
In the matchup between Biden and Haley, Haley’s approval rating was 47%, 5 points higher than Biden’s 42%.
Malloy said, “In a head-to-head matchup with Biden, Haley is outperforming Trump because of the independents,” but on the other hand, the addition of third-party candidates to the hypothesis He also noted that Haley’s numbers had dropped.
South Carolina’s Democratic primary will be held this weekend, kicking off the party’s presidential nominating cycle.
The next state to vote in the Republican process is Nevada, followed by South Carolina in late February.
The Quinnipiac poll, conducted Jan. 25-26 among 1,650 self-identified registered voters nationwide, had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.
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