SHOCK POLL: Trump Has Biggest Lead Since 2015 As Nearly HALF Of Democrats Don’t Want Biden As Nominee – NYT
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The latest New York Times/Siena College poll showed bad signs for President Joe Biden this week, with Donald Trump pulling his biggest lead in the poll since 2015 and the president’s party continuing to lose confidence in his candidacy.
The latest New York Times/Siena College national poll brought bad tidings for Democrats. The results showed 48% for Trump over Biden, who pulled in 43% of respondents — a major and telling five point lead.
“That’s the largest lead Mr. Trump has ever had in a Times/Siena national poll. In fact, it’s the largest lead Mr. Trump has held in a Times/Siena or Times/CBS poll since first running for president in 2015,” writes Nate Cohn at NYT.
It’s a significant blow for Biden as voters question the president’s decisions on immigration and his handling of the Hamas-Israel War in Gaza.
Moreover, Biden faces a lack of support from voters in his own party, with many expressing doubt over whether he should be the party’s presidential nominee at all this November.
Recently during the Michigan Democratic primary, over 100,000 Democrats in the state opted to vote for nobody rather cast support for the president. Michigan is an essential swing state in the upcoming election that Biden won last time by less than 150,000 votes in 2020.
The poll was conducted between February 25th to 28th by polling 980 registered voters via cell phones and landlines. The overall margin of error is 3.8%.
