Another day, another round of bad polling news for President Biden.
The 80-year-old incumbent once again trails former President Donald Trump in a new batch of polls in swing states, released the same day the Biden campaign accused the “expert class” of unnecessarily hyperventilating about his chances. of re-election.
The Emerson College poll released Thursday found Biden trailing Trump, 77, among likely voters in four of six states expected to be vital battlegrounds in next year’s election.
The 45th president currently leads the 46th president in Arizona (46%-44%), Georgia (49%-41%), Nevada (47%-44%), and Pennsylvania (49%-45%).
Biden narrowly leads Trump, 45% to 43%, among likely voters in Michigan, and the two major party frontrunners are tied in Wisconsin at 45% each.
“Biden overall is underperforming his 2020 support among voters under 30, while Trump has secured his support among middle-aged voters,” explained Emerson College Polling executive director Spencer Kimball.
Poll shows Donald Trump leading Biden in most of the six battleground states. Emerson College Polls The Biden campaign downplayed the dismal polls and maintained that the president has consistently exceeded expectations. AFP via Getty Images
“Likely voters under 30 lean toward Biden over Trump by eight points in these six state polls, 47% to 39%, with 14% undecided. Trump’s support base lies in general election voters ages 50 to 64, who support him over Biden by a 13-point margin, 52% to 39%, while likely voters ages 65 and older are evenly split. between the two candidates: 46% to 46%.”
The poll also found that 39% of likely Biden voters chose their candidate because they didn’t like his rival, while only 19% of likely Trump voters said the same. A plurality of the Republican’s likely supporters, 30%, said they would back Trump because they liked him.
The Emerson poll results largely match the findings of a New York Times/Siena College poll released over the weekend that sent the Beltway into a frenzy.
Donald Trump frequently boasts about his strong showing in the polls. AFP via Getty Images
That poll showed Trump leading Biden in five of the same six key states among registered voters, with only Wisconsin leaning toward the incumbent.
During a news conference Thursday, Biden’s campaign downplayed the polls by pointing to Democrats’ strong showing in Tuesday night’s off-year elections.
“Time and time again, Biden exceeds expectations. It happened in 2020, it happened in 2022, it happened Tuesday night,” said communications director Michael Tyler.
Joe Biden has been trying to promote “Bidenomy” in recent months, but polls generally show his voter approval of the economy is below expectations. AFP via Getty Images
“You see days, weeks, months of breathless predictions about how terrible things will be for Joe Biden, followed by an election day of historic victories,” he continued.
Despite the campaign’s chest-thumping, the president largely stayed out of the most closely watched elections. For example, he completely avoided defending Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who won re-election Tuesday against Republican Daniel Cameron.
Biden himself shrugged off the dismal polls when approached by reporters outside the White House on Thursday.
“You don’t read the polls,” said the president. “I give you 10 surveys, in eight of them I am beating him [Trump] in those states. Eight of them. You only make two.”
In the RealClearPolitics average, Trump is up in Nevada between 46.8% and 44.3%, between 47.8% and 42.8% in Georgia, between 47.3% and 43.7 % in Arizona, between 44.2% and 43.2% in Michigan and between 46.2% and 45.0% in Pennsylvania. Biden only leads Trump in Wisconsin, 46.5% to 46.0%.
Trump also leads Biden in the national popular vote, 45.6% to 44.5%.
The president has frequently criticized “extreme MAGA Republicans” in his speeches to voters. REUTERS
“Make no mistake, 2024 will be a close election. And we know that we cannot take anything for granted. We have been saying that from the beginning,” said campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodríguez.
“We are building a strong operation… in the places that matter most.”
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