As the general election gets underway, former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in a two-way race, according to a Quinnipiac University poll, and the race is deeper in the battleground state of Michigan.
poll, published On Thursday, it was found that 48% of self-identified registered voters supported Mr. Trump in a binary contest against Mr. Biden, who had 45% support.
📊 Michigan GE: @QuinnipiacPoll
Trump 48% (+3)
Biden 45%
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Trump 41% (+5)
Biden 36%
RFK Junior 10%
Stein 4%
West 3%
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538: #19 (2.8/3.0) | 3/8-12 | 1,487RV https://t.co/24ANAqIvJN pic.twitter.com/xEu4MNGryW— Interactive Polls (@IAPolls2022) March 14, 2024
Another 2% will not participate in the election, and 3% will be decided by a strict one-on-one contest between candidates.
Independents support Trump 46 to 42 percent. It also leads in every age group except for respondents 65 and older. Fifty-seven percent of voters supported Mr. Biden, while 38% supported Mr. Trump.
The 45th president leads Biden by 48 to 43 percentage points among Michigan voters ages 18 to 34, and has an advantage among those ages 35 to 49. Biden received 55% of the vote among these voters, a 21-point difference compared to 34% for Biden. Among those aged 50 to 64, Biden has an 11-point lead, 43% to the 45th president’s 54%.
The addition of third-party candidates would further increase Mr. Trump’s advantage. In the five-way race, Mr. Biden leads with an approval rating of 41%, followed by Mr. Biden with 36%. From there, independent candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. gets 10% support, Green Party candidate Jill Stein gets 4% support, and independent Cornel West gets 3% support.
Quinnipiac University sampled 1,487 “self-identified registered voters” in the Wolverine State between March 8 and March 12. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
Mr. Trump is leading in Michigan because Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump have secured their respective parties’ nominations in delegates, and polls in recent days have shown Mr. Trump leading in other battleground states as well. It is shown that
For example, a Fox News poll released Wednesday night showed Trump beating Biden in head-to-head races in Arizona and Pennsylvania, but his lead in Pennsylvania was within a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. was. Mr. Trump maintains an advantage over Mr. Biden in the deeper field of Arizona, but the two men are tied in a five-way race in the Keystone State.
