President Biden heads into 2024 with an overwhelming majority of voters leaving him, a poll released Monday showed.
A USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll showed the president trailing former President Donald Trump 37% to 39% because of his inability to retain the coalition of voters that propelled him to victory in 2020.
The 81-year-old incumbent has support from black voters, young voters and Hispanic voters.
Among black voters, Biden’s support has slipped to 63%, down from 87% in 2020. He still leads Trump’s 12% support by a yawning margin.
Voters under 35 and Hispanic voters have surged in support of Trump, with the former president leading in both demographics.
Trump now leads Biden 37%-33% among young voters and 39%-34% among Hispanic voters, according to the poll.
President Joe Biden is struggling to keep the coalition of voters who put him in office together, according to a new poll. AP
Biden’s slippage in key demographics spells bad news for his re-election campaign, as recent polls show him struggling to beat Trump in some states.
The president’s approval numbers remain underwater, according to a new poll. Only 39% of voters said they approved of Biden’s job in the Oval Office and 58% disapproved.
He fared slightly better than Vice President Kamala Harris, who had a 33% approval rating with 57% disapproval.
The poll also showed some positives for Biden on the economy, which voters say is an important issue in the upcoming election cycle.
Twenty-nine percent of respondents said they see the economy on the mend, up from 21% in October.
He is also the clear frontrunner in the Democratic primary and faces no serious challenge.
Donald Trump now leads Biden 37%-33% among young voters and 39%-34% among Hispanic voters, according to the poll. Reuters
Biden polled at 74% among likely Democratic voters, compared to self-help author Marianne Williamson at 9% and Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) at 2%. Fifteen percent of respondents said they were undecided.
Phillips is aiming to gain traction in New Hampshire – the nation’s first primary on Jan. 23 – where the DNC’s disagreement with the state over the voting calendar has kept Biden off the ballot.
By November, Biden’s challenge will be to find enough support in swing states and in large numbers of voters who say they are dissatisfied with either party.
Seventeen percent of voters would rather vote for a third-party candidate than Trump or Biden, the poll showed, while 20% of black and Hispanic voters and 21% of young voters said they would vote for someone else.
In a larger field of seven candidates, Trump jumped to 39% of support, compared to Biden’s 34%.
Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received the most support from third-party choices, with 10% of respondents saying they would choose him in a lineup of seven candidates.
Trump speaks during a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, on December 19, 2023. AFP via Getty Images
Trump is currently the GOP frontrunner in national opinion polls and is outpacing rivals former UN ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by more than 50 points, according to RealClearPolitics.
In a USA Today poll, Trump is at 62%, compared to Haley’s 13% and DeSantis’ 10%.
Biotech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy is at 6% and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie is at 4%.
The GOP candidates will face off Jan. 15 in the nation’s first Iowa caucus, where DeSantis and Ramaswamy both said they intend to defeat Trump.
The former president faces four charges related to falsifying bank records after paying hush money to former porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, and in cases related to maintaining national security documents, attempting to invalidate the 2020 election and attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.
Colorado and Maine recently decided to kick Trump off the ballot — a decision his team will likely appeal.
The legal battle has not dampened Trump’s support. His poll numbers began to rise significantly in March after the Manhattan DA issued the first indictments related to the hush money.
Trump’s support appears to be more enthusiastic for the former commander-in-chief than for Biden, as 44% of respondents said they would rate their Trump support as a “10.” Biden received only 18% of voters who said the same.
The poll was conducted Dec. 26-29 via landlines and mobile phones, and had 1,000 likely voters as respondents. The poll has a margin or error of 3.1%.
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