With six months left until Election Day 2024, a rematch between President Biden and former President Trump is looking as close as it gets.
A new national poll released Monday by USA Today and Suffolk University finds the race tied.
Biden and Trump each have a 37% approval rating among registered voters, 8% for Democratic independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and 8% for other independent and third-party candidates. Supports 5%.
Is Biden flat in the latest polls?
According to a Quinnipiac University poll released in April, President Biden’s narrow lead over former President Trump (right) is fading. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon/Curtis Means/DailyMail.com via AP, Pool)
“We’re basically on the verge of an election, and the outcome is a coin toss.” Suffolk University David Paleologos, director of the Center for Political Studies, said:
The poll is the second in a day to show a very close race between the Democratic incumbent and his Republican predecessor in the White House.
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according to ABC News/Ipsos A poll released Sunday showed Mr. Trump with a 46% to 44% lead among adults, but among registered voters, Mr. Biden had a 46% to 45% lead, indicating they were likely to vote in the presidential election. Among humans, it increased by 49% to 45%.
Republican presidential candidate former President Trump speaks at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Mike Romer)
In a five-way race that includes Biden, Trump, Kennedy, Green Party candidate Jill Stein, and independent Cornel West, Trump has a slight lead among adults overall and is tied with the president among registered voters, making him the leading candidate. Biden maintains an advantage among respondents. voters.
Do the latest polls spell trouble for Biden?
Nearly a quarter (24%) of voters say they may change their minds ahead of the fall election, and 12% have not yet made a presidential choice, according to a Suffolk poll. is the answer.
President Biden speaks at the Washoe Democratic Party office on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Reno, Nevada. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin)
“With only 26 weeks left in the campaign, we have to take into account that people will be less interested in politics and party conventions in July and August,” Paleologos stressed. “That means a candidate has only 17 weeks to actively campaign, but when you factor in states where early voting starts weeks before Election Day, he actually has 13 to 14 weeks. .”
While national polls get a lot of attention, the race for the White House is a battle over each state and its electors, so the focus is on polls in battleground states.
The latest polls in key battleground states, including a Fox News poll, show a close race.
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