Former President Trump has an 8-point lead over President Biden among registered voters in Georgia, according to a new poll.
investigation, Released on Tuesday According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 45 percent of voters in the Peach State would support Trump if the election were held today and there were candidates from each party, but fewer would support Biden. is 37%.
The majority of respondents remain uncommitted to either candidate, with 6.5% saying they would support another candidate, nearly 6% saying they would not vote, and about 6% saying they were unsure. .
According to the poll, a sizable share of independents said they either did not vote for Biden (13.8%) or said they were not yet sure which candidate they would support (10.7%).
Mr. Biden still has a lead among self-described moderates and independents, but his support is not strong enough to outpace Mr. Trump's lead in Georgia, where there are more registered Republican voters than Democrats.
About 50% of moderates said they supported Mr. Biden, compared to 26.4% who supported Mr. Trump and 10.2% who supported another candidate. Among independents, Biden leads with 38.4% support, followed by Trump with 27.7%, and an additional 9.4% say they support another candidate.
Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump received equal support from their respective political parties and from self-described liberals and conservatives, respectively.
According to the survey, Mr. Trump has the support of 82.5% of Republicans, while Mr. Biden has the support of more than 84% of Democrats. Biden also received the support of 74.4% of liberals, while the former president received 75% of conservatives.
The poll was released as Trump held a commanding lead over his opponent in Monday's Iowa caucuses, the first nominating contest in the Republican primary. As of Tuesday morning, the former president was poised to win 98 of the Hawkeye State's 99 counties, according to election data from The Hill/Decision Desk Headquarters.
But he's been locked in a year of battles in four criminal courts, including Georgia, where he and 18 former allies are accused of trying to overturn the state's 2020 election results. He has been charged with violating the Stock Brokers Act.
The AJC poll was conducted by the University of Georgia's School of Public and International Affairs between January 3 and January 11 among 1,007 registered voters in the state. The margin of error is 3.1 percentage points.
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