Former President Donald Trump gained a six percentage point lead over President Biden in one of the first national polls released since his victory in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.
Trump leads Biden, 40% to 34%, in the Reuters/Ipsos poll released Thursday, with the rest unsure of their choice or planning to vote for someone else or not to vote at all.
The 45th president’s poll lead held up even when respondents were given the option to vote for third-party candidates, such as environmental lawyer and vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
In that hypothetical three-way fight, Trump still leads Biden by six percentage points, 36% to 30%, while RFK Jr. attracts 8% support.
Trump, 77, also has a big national lead over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, the only major candidate who opposed him in the Republican primary.
President Biden previously said that if Donald Trump had not run, he is not sure he would have run for re-election either. AFP via Getty Images
The former president has 64% support to Haley’s 19%, as both contenders eye the Feb. 24 race in South Carolina.
Most respondents were dissatisfied with the prospect of a 2020 election rematch between Trump and Biden, with 67% agreeing that they are “tired of seeing the same candidates in presidential elections and want someone new.” ”.
However, only 18% indicated they would not vote at all if Trump and Biden were their top two choices.
Donald Trump has been working to unify some Republicans, while also attacking Nikki Haley. AP
Which doesn’t bode well for Biden: 70% of voters, including nearly half of Democrats, felt he should not run for re-election, while 56% said the same of Trump, including about a third of the Republicans.
Voters also expressed concern about the ages of Biden and Trump. A surprising 75% of respondents said Biden is too old to serve in government, while 50% said the same about Trump.
Biden, at 81, is already the oldest president in US history. He would be 86 years old at the end of a hypothetical second term, should he serve out his full term.
Trump, 77, would be 82 at the end of a second term and would surpass Biden as the oldest president by a few months if he wins in November and serves a full term.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll surveyed 1,250 American adults from Jan. 22 to 24, with a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
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