A new poll shows President Biden has a 12-point lead over former President Trump in New York, a safe lead but nearly half the margin Biden won in the state in 2020.
About 48% of New York voters said they supported Biden. Siena College Poll In the poll released Tuesday, 36% said they support President Trump. The remaining 16% is undecided.
Polls in the four-way race between independent candidates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West have narrowed Biden’s lead to 10 points.
The poll shows the Democratic president’s margin is narrower compared to Trump’s 23-point victory in blue states in 2020 and Hillary Clinton’s similar victory in 2016. It is shown that.
“Biden has a 12-point lead over Trump in a head-to-head race and a 10-point lead in a four-way race, but New York It’s worth remembering how ‘blue’ it is.” said in a statement.
“Democrats have a 27-point registration advantage over Republicans, and Biden has a 23-point lead over Trump in 2020, making him the most Republican candidate since Ronald Reagan in 1984 four decades ago,” Greenberg said. No presidential candidate has ever carried a state.”
Polls show that enthusiasm for candidates from both major parties is low, with New Yorkers overall, including a majority of independents, wanting a candidate other than Biden or Trump.
According to the poll, 61% of Republicans support Trump, but 29% want someone else. Meanwhile, the poll found that 46% of Democrats want Biden, compared to 38% who want another option.
The results also underscore New York’s importance in the 2024 House elections, where Democrats are aiming to pick up a minority of Republican seats in districts won by Biden in 2020.
Following former Rep. Tom Suozzi (N.Y.)’s victory in last week’s special election, Democrats have already flipped a Long Island district previously held by Rep. George Santos (N.Y.). Ta.
The Siena poll was conducted February 12-14 among 806 registered New York voters and had a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.
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