- Third-party candidates in Michigan are more of a spoiler for Biden than for Trump
- Polls show Trump’s lead widened when three third-party candidates were added to a hypothetical general election ballot
- Michigan progressives are angry at Biden’s stance on Israel’s war with Hamas
Supporters of Joe Biden are more willing to break with their candidate than those who support Donald Trump when third-party candidates are added to the mix in Michigan’s 2024 race, according to a damning new poll for the president.
In a hypothetical head-to-head matchup with Biden, former President Trump wins by just a 2 percent margin – 47 percent to 45 percent.
But that gap widens to 11 percent when three other third-party candidates are considered in the general election. This is evident from a Fox News survey among Michigan voters.
The poll, conducted Feb. 8 to 12, has a margin of error of 3 percentage points, meaning the one-to-one between Trump and Biden falls within the margin and expands beyond it when other candidates are included.
A new Fox News poll shows third-party candidates in Michigan are more of a spoiler for President Joe Biden than Donald Trump — with the former president’s lead growing with other candidates in the race
Meanwhile, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) is trying to earn his first delegates in the Democratic primary against Biden in Michigan after the Detroit News endorsed his long bid against the president.
Michigan is a must-win state in the 2024 general election. In 2016, Trump won the swing state against Hillary Clinton by just 0.3 percent and in 2020 it turned blue with a 2.8 percent margin for Biden over Trump .
The Wolverine State is one of the swing states that Trump wants to win back in 2024 in a likely rematch against Biden.
From Biden vs. Trump to a five-way party with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jill Stein and Cornel West, 77 percent of Biden voters are sticking with him in 2020 — but Trump is holding on to 87 percent of those who supported him in the last election.
Trump earned 42 percent in the five-way race, while Biden earned 37 percent in the poll of 1,106 Michigan registered voters.
More longshot candidates took the rest, with RFK Jr. 11 percent earned, doctor and Green Party candidate Stein 3 percent and philosopher Cornel West 2 percent.
Six in 10 Michigan voters say the economy is extremely important in their presidential election this year, while about 50 percent say the same about immigration and border security — though Republicans are three times as likely as Democrats to identify the issue as a top priority .
On the other hand, Democrats are four times as likely as Republicans to label climate change as extremely important in the 2024 election.
Meanwhile, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) in the primary race to finally break into the race against incumbent Biden.
The same Fox News poll shows Trump and Biden are just 2% apart if they face off in a hypothetical election contest
After barely making a splash in South Carolina, New Hampshire and Nevada, Phillips hopes to pick up some delegates for the Michigan primary on Tuesday, February 27, after receiving a major endorsement from the Detroit News Editorial Board.
Progressive Democratic voters in Michigan feel disconnected from Biden, especially after he aligned himself with Israel and defended the Jewish nation’s ability to defend itself against Hamas terrorists operating out of Gaza.
This has led to a call from progressive activists, as well as Arab and Muslim voters in Michigan, for a voting protest against Biden, in an effort to send a message that the administration should withdraw its total support for Israel.
However, the Fox News poll released Thursday shows that Michigan voters are twice as likely to side with Israelis than with Palestinians in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which began in October when Hamas terrorists launched a deadly attack in Israel.