- Trump tops Biden 50 to 40 in Michigan in a head-to-head showdown
- The former president has a smaller lead in Georgia of 49 to 44
- Biden won both states in 2020; comes amid the Trump wave in Iowa over the GOP
Donald Trump's national lead over Joe Biden also extends to the battleground states that will determine the presidential election — including a 10-point lead in Michigan.
That comes in a state where Biden defeated Trump 51 to 48 in 2020. It's a state Biden has been courting, even walking a United Auto Workers picket line there in September.
Trump leads Biden 50 to 40 in the state, according to a new one CNN poll, which came on a day when Trump topped 50 in an Iowa poll against his Republican rivals.
Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in the battleground states of Michigan and Georgia. Biden carried both states in 2020
Trump's lead in the battleground comes because he has taken a lead over Biden in national polls
That lead is larger than the lead he currently has over Biden in Georgia, according to the same poll taken by SSRS for the network.
Trump leads the president 49-44 in the state where he faces a 13-count indictment after being indicted along with 18 others in an effort to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump flew to the state to have his mugshot taken in Fulton County, and has since used his prosecution as a rallying cry for his supporters.
His gains appear to be fueled in part by bringing new voters into his coalition. Among those who did not vote in 2020, they support Trump over Biden by a margin of 26 points. In Michigan, the gap is as much as 40 percent.
Both states reflect Biden's struggles, even with parts of his natural coalition, including young voters.
The president's overall approval rating is poor in both states. In Michigan it is just 35 percent, lower than his national approval rating, and 39 percent in Georgia.
His general approval runs about 38 percent nationally, with 56 percent disapproval.
President Biden, who on December 8 touted infrastructure investments in Nevada and raised campaign cash in California, trails Trump in head-to-head polls in key battlegrounds, as well as nationally in a series of surveys
Biden's response to the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel's military response are hurting him in some parts of both states. Michigan has a large Arab-American population.
Among younger voters under 35, 49 percent in Michigan and 46 percent in Georgia say the U.S. does too much to support Israel.
However, about half of voters under 35 in both states think the US is doing too much (49% in Michigan, 46% in Georgia), more than 20 points higher than the share of voters aged 50 or older (23 % in Georgia). both states). A 40 percent majority in every state says the U.S. is doing about the right amount to support Israel.
A new poll in Iowa shows that Donald Trump has the largest lead in election history this close to the caucuses
Trump's national lead over Biden comes as his hold on the Republican Party shows up in multiple polls.
His lead in Iowa over fellow Republicans is the largest ever in the new era Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom survey released on Monday.
He leads the rest of the field by as many as 32 points, about a month ahead of the Iowa Caucuses, fueled by support from evangelical voters.
Second-place Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is at 19 percent and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is at 16. Trump tops all his rivals combined.
Trump's lead over his top rivals in Michigan has reached 43 percent, according to a CNN poll. DeSantis, his closest competitor, is at 15.