Former President Trump is winning over President Biden in six out of seven crucial swing states, as per a new Wall Street Journal survey published on Wednesday. Wall Street Journal poll, published Wednesday.
Trump is ahead in each of these battleground states except Wisconsin, where Biden has a three-point lead in a three-way race with independent Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., according to the survey.
For Biden to win again, he needs to keep the states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, which he won in 2020. Trump is leading by two points in Michigan and three points in Pennsylvania, though there are still many undecided voters in each state.
In the last election, Biden also won Georgia, Nevada and Arizona, all of which now have stronger support for Trump, according to the poll. Trump is ahead by 3 points in Georgia, 4 points in Nevada and has a significant 5-point lead in Arizona.
According to the poll, third party and independent candidates could be crucial, with about 15 percent of the vote across all states. Kennedy has garnered support from both Biden and Trump, and Democrats have intensified their efforts to steer voters away from him. doubled down on efforts to urge voters away from him in recent weeks.
Despite briefly running for the Democratic nomination, the independent candidate’s outsider position, skepticism towards the government and anti-vaccine stance has made him popular with anti-establishment voters in both parties.
On the issues, Trump has an advantage on the economy, the border and inflation, while Biden is ahead on abortion. Democrats have highlighted reproductive rights as a key issue for November, focusing on in vitro fertilization (IVF) as a rallying point for supporters and initiating a push into Florida after the state Supreme Court cleared the way for a strict six-week abortion ban Monday.
Although most respondents believe their state’s economy is doing well, they express little confidence in the national economy. The divide between national and state economics is particularly pronounced in Georgia and North Carolina.
In Georgia and North Carolina, there is a significant gap between the views on national and state economics, with a small percentage of respondents having a positive view of the national economy compared to a larger percentage expressing confidence in the state’s economy.
In Michigan, respondents have the most positive outlook on the economy, with a majority saying both the national and state economies are doing well.
The Wall Street Journal consulted 600 registered voters in mid-March for the data on the three-way race, with a margin of error of 4 percent. The economic data was derived from a group of 300 registered voters during the same period, with a margin of error of 5.6 percent.
