President Joe Biden saw a rare poll in his favor on Wednesday, with a Quinnipiac poll giving him a six-point lead over his predecessor Donald Trump.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll last week showed a complete reversal of these numbers, with Trump He took a six-point lead over Bidenas the 2024 election evolved into a possible rematch after both men gained the upper hand in the New Hampshire primary.
Wednesday’s polling news was also negative for the president in swing states, as 77-year-old Trump leads 81-year-old Biden in seven key races, according to Bloomberg and Morning Consult.
However, the Quinnipiac poll shows Biden leading Trump by a 50-44 head-to-head margin, a three-point gain for the president, who led Trump by a 47-46 margin when Quinnipiac surveyed voters on December 20 .
Biden’s strengths were his connections with women — where he led 58-36 — and independents, who elected the president by a 52-40 margin.
It’s another poll that shows Trump would beat Biden (47-45) among Hispanic voters, though Trump only beats Biden by three points among white voters (49-46).
Rumor has it that the president’s campaign was pushing for a Trump win and the poll provides ample evidence of that, as the same survey shows former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley leading Biden 47 percent to 42 percent.
Haley would win the independent by a whopping 16 points — 53 to 37 percent — and would lose only women by a 48-43 margin, compared to the 22-point gap Biden has over Trump with female voters.
Biden would lose six points to 36 percent if Haley (with 51 percent) is the nominee, while Trump would defeat Biden among men by a 53-42 margin.
Things would become more complicated if there were several independents in the race, both of which would work in Biden’s favor.
If Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jill Stein and Cornel West are all involved in the race, Biden would win a popular victory over both Republican candidates.
Biden beats Trump 39-37 in a five-horse race, with Kennedy getting 14 percent, West three percent and Stein two.
If Kennedy, West and Stein are in a Biden-Haley hypothesis, this turns the popular vote heavily in the president’s favor.
President Joe Biden saw a rare poll in his favor on Wednesday, with a Quinnipiac poll giving him a six-point lead over his predecessor Donald Trump
The Quinnipiac poll shows Biden leading Trump by a 50-44 head-to-head margin, a three-point gain for the president, who led Trump by a 47-46 margin when Quinnipiac surveyed voters on December 20.
Quinnipiac found that Biden gets 36 percent to Haley’s 29, while Kennedy rises to 21 percent of the vote, which would be better than the 18.9 percent Ross Perot received in 1992.
Kennedy (28 percent) would defeat Biden (27 percent) among independents, with Haley leading both men with 30 percent.
The survey shows that both Biden and Trump are underwater in terms of popularity, with only 40 percent saying their opinion of the president is favorable, compared to 55 percent unfavorable, while Trump is viewed favorably by only 37 percent of voters.
The primaries still appear to be a clear victory for former President Trump, who leads among Republicans (78-18) and Republican voters (67-25).
Despite the poll’s numbers, Republican voters strongly believe Trump has a better chance of beating Biden than Haley by an 81-15 margin.
Rumor has it that the president’s campaign has been calling for a Trump victory and the poll provides ample evidence of this, as the same survey shows former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley (pictured) leading Biden at 47 percent to 42 percent.
It would become more complicated if there were several independent parties such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be in the race, both of which would work to Biden’s advantage
Voters surveyed cited “preserving democracy” (28 percent) as their most important issue, followed by immigration and the economy, both at 20 percent.
It comes after Biden hammered Trump on abortion rights during a speech in Virginia last week, and Trump continued to label Biden as “crooked” even as he spent much of his victory speech in New Hampshire tearing into Republican rival Nikki Haley.
Biden is taking new steps with his campaign, sending trusted White House advisers Jennifer O’Malley Dillon and Mike Donilon to Wilmington to help steer his reelection efforts.
The two candidates themselves appear poised for a rematch after Trump’s back-to-back victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, with the White House viewing Trump as a challenger to beat and Trump furious that Haley did not immediately drop out of the Republican race.