Donald Trump and Nikki Haley would BEAT Joe Biden in general election, latest dire poll shows – and Ron DeSantis would tie with the president
President Joe Biden continues to face declining poll numbers as Donald Trump and Nikki Haley both defeat the incumbent president in hypothetical general election elections, outside the margin of error.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, on the other hand, would join Biden, both of whom would earn 47 percent if they were to face off against each other, according to a new Fox News poll released on Sunday.
Perhaps the most surprising result is that Haley has the largest lead over Biden, with a six percent lead.
It follows another Sunday poll showing Haley massively closing the primary gap with Trump in New Hampshire, where she is just 15 points behind in second place.
If the general election were to happen today β and it were a rematch between Trump and Biden β 50 percent of voters say they would vote for the former president, while 46 percent prefer the current president.
President Joe Biden would lose to Donald Trump and Nikki Haley if he faced either one today in the general election
Meanwhile, Haley holds 49 percent, compared to Biden's support of 43 percent.
Having two Republican candidates ahead of Biden, and outside the 3 percentage point margin of error, is worrying for Democrats as voters are already expressing increasing concerns about the president's age and fitness for office.
The survey was conducted among 1,007 registered voters between December 10 and 13.
The latest results follow polls from last week that show Biden also trailing Trump in seven key swing states crucial to victory in the 2024 election.
Nearly 5,000 voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Nevada reveal that the ex-president could again flip states that went against him in 2020.
Although the swing states are vastly different β ββin terms of class, racial demographics and political preferences β they have one thing in common heading into the next presidential election; they all prefer Trump to Biden.
On average, 47 percent of voters in battleground states would cast their vote for Trump if a general election were held against Biden today, compared to the president's support of 42 percent, according to a Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll released Thursday.
With just weeks until the start of the primaries, former Amb. Haley has seen a huge spike in the polls. She moved into second place in New Hampshire with just 15 points separating front-runner Donald Trump, and has the largest lead against Biden in the latest Fox poll
Trump still consistently ranks first in national and state polls, but saw some of his biggest gaps yet, with Haley sliding into second place in New Hampshire
Looking at the primaries in the Fox News poll, Republican voters are still putting Trump first, with the latest poll showing his lead nationally over the rest of the field by 7 points since November and as much as 26 points since February increases.
With 69 percent support, Trump is the furthest frontrunner, while second-place DeSantis earns just 12 percent β a whopping 57 points behind the ex-president and onetime ally.
Haley comes in third with 9 percent, meaning both she and DeSantis lost 1 percent since November.
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is in fourth place with 5 percent β ββa loss of 2 percent since the last poll in November β and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is in fifth place with just 2 percent.
Among Republican voters, there is a margin of error of 4.5 percent.