A year before the US presidential election, a poll published on Sunday by The New York Times puts potential Republican candidate Donald Trump ahead of President Joe Biden in five of six key states.
According to The New York Times/Siena College survey: the former Republican president dominates voting intentions in Nevada (52% vs. 41% for Joe Biden), Georgia (49%/43%), Arizona (49%/44%), Michigan (48%/43%) and Pennsylvania (48 %) %/44%), while Joe Biden would win Wisconsin (47%/45%), states where he won in 2020.
The poll was conducted by telephone among 3,662 registered voters in six states between October 22 and November 3, and the results should be assessed with a margin of error between 4.4 and 4.8 points, depending on the state.
The trend of the results is not in favor of the current North American president: 67% of respondents believe that the country is going in the wrong direction, 59% disapprove of the way Biden is playing his role (46% are strongly agree) and 71% agree. the idea that at 80 he is “too old to be an effective president”.
Joe Biden is losing ground, especially among young people, with only 41% of respondents aged 18 to 29 definitely or probably deciding to vote for the Democratic candidate, compared to 40% for Donald Trump.
‘Demographic groups that supported Biden by overwhelming margins in 2020 are now much more contentious’namely the Latinx and African American communities, reports the New York Times.
“Predictions a year in advance are often slightly different a year later,” said one of the Biden-Harris 2024 campaign spokespersons, Kevin Munoz, citing a poll that pointed to Barack Obama’s defeat a year before the election. 2012 and another poll predicting catastrophic 2022 midterm elections for Joe Biden.
“We will win in 2024 if we work ahead and don’t have to worry about a poll,” the spokesperson added.
Source: DN
