Former President Donald Trump widened his lead over President Biden by 8 percentage points in the battleground state of Michigan, matching the largest lead in recent polls in the Mitten State.
of CNN/SSRS investigation released Friday Among registered voters, the 45th president (77 years old) leads the 46th president (81 years old) 50% to 42%.
The 8-point lead in favor of Trump comes from a Detroit poll of likely voters in early January that showed the former president leading Biden 47% to 39% among likely voters.・Consistent with news polls.
In 2016, Mr. Trump won Michigan, becoming the first Republican presidential candidate in 28 years, but Mr. Biden returned Michigan to the Democratic fold in 2020.
According to a CNN/SSRS poll, Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden are tied at 46% each in Pennsylvania, the incumbent’s home state.
Trump’s large lead in Michigan is due to his 10-point lead among self-proclaimed independents (47% to 37%) and voters under 35 (51% to 35%). This is due to the fact that they are leading by double digits. Additionally, Mr. Biden has the support of only 55% of people of color, while Mr. Trump is supported by 34% of the same group.
Biden is struggling to dispel a massive “irresponsible” voter movement in Michigan that is threatening to withhold support from the incumbent until he calls for a ceasefire in Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Michigan has the highest percentage of Arab Americans in the country, and local leaders and members of Congress are looking to voters in the Feb. 27 Democratic primary to send a message to Biden before the November election. I asked people to mark it as “irresponsible.”
Both men have also sought to woo auto industry workers, with Biden winning support from the United Auto Workers union and Trump arguing that the president’s push to promote electric vehicles would hurt U.S. auto manufacturing.
The poll also showed that most Michigan voters are dissatisfied with the prospect of a rematch between Biden and Trump, with 53% saying they are “dissatisfied” or “very dissatisfied” with the candidates offered. ” he answered.
Meanwhile, only 35% of Michigan voters approve of Biden’s performance, while 64% disapprove.
In a four-way contest between Trump, Biden, and independent candidates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, 40% chose Trump, 34% chose Biden, 18% supported Kennedy, and 4% supported West. It became.
The CNN poll was conducted by phone and online from March 13th to 18th. Michigan’s sample size was 1,097 registered voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points, and Pennsylvania’s sample size was 1,132 voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.
