SHOCK POLL: Trump Holds Whopping 6 Point Lead in New CNN Survey

A new CNN poll showed Donald Trump leading President Joe Biden by a whopping six-point margin in a head-to-head matchup.

The poll, conducted by SSRS, showed Trump holding 49% of the vote, with Biden at 43%, and other/unsure receiving 8%. That 6 point lead is, by far, Trump’s biggest in any major nationwide poll taken in the month of April — according to RealClearPolitics.

The poll showed Trump furthering the gap with Biden, despite the fact that Trump is the first former president in U.S. history to stand trial on criminal charges. CNN reported:

And in the coming rematch, opinions about the first term of each man vying for a second four years in the White House now appear to work in Trump’s favor, with most Americans saying that, looking back, Trump’s term as president was a success, while a broad majority says Biden’s has so far been a failure. … Republicans now are more unified around the idea that Trump’s presidency was a success than Democrats are that Biden’s has been one. Overall, 92% of Republicans call Trump’s time in office a success, while just 73% of Democrats say Biden’s has been a success so far. Among independents, 51% say Trump’s presidency was successful, while only 37% see Biden’s as a success.

When presented with a five-way race, including independent candidates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, “Trump holds 42% to Biden’s 33%, with Kennedy at 16%, West at 4% and Stein at 3%. Kennedy draws 13% each from supporters of Biden and Trump in the initial two-way matchup.”

Voters said the economy was more important to them in this presidential race “than they were in each of the past two presidential contests,” with 70% of all Americans saying current economic conditions in the U.S. are poor. Other major issues varied widely depending on party affiliation.

Among Democratic-aligned voters, protecting democracy (67%), abortion (54%), the economy (52%), gun policy (51%) and health care (49%) all rank as key for about half or more, while on the GOP-aligned side, it’s the economy (79%), immigration (71%), crime (65%) and then democracy (54%).

In April, a Harvard University poll showed Biden to be the overwhelming choice of young Americans, with “50% support among voters 30 years or younger compared to Trump’s 37%.”

Read the entire CNN report here.