Former President Trump would defeat President Biden if the 2024 election were held today, according to a new poll from the Wall Street Journal.
Biden trails Trump 47% to 43% in a hypothetical matchup.
The lead widened from 37% to 31% when five potential third-party candidates were added to the mix.
The poll showed former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley beating Biden 51% to 34%, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis only managing a 45-45% tie with Biden.
Deep pessimism about Biden’s job performance drove the sour numbers.
Nearly one in five Americans said Biden’s policies have helped them personally while a majority, 53%, said they were “hurt” by Biden’s presidency.
More than six in 10 voters said they disapproved of President Biden’s job performance.
Former President Trump leads President Biden for the first time in the Wall Street Journal’s survey of this cycle. AP
More than five in 10 voters said they also disapproved of Trump’s performance as president.
Two-thirds of voters said they believed the economy was poor or bad and that it had gotten worse in the last two years.
On key issues including the economy, crime, inflation, border security and Israel-Hamas, voters said they trusted Trump more than Biden.
President Biden is facing deep pessimism from the American electorate. AP
The president received higher marks on abortion and “tone in politics.”
“We don’t have national elections, we have state elections. Trump is at 47%, which is about where he will be in 2020. The question is can he get an extra 1.5% to become president,” said GOP consultant Ryan Girdusky — who warned that abortion could be a deadly issue.
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“Abortion as an issue is a killer. Joe Biden is going to sit there and say Donald Trump appointed a Supreme Court justice who overturned Roe V. Wade,” Girdusky said. “For many women this is their big issue, for many people this is their big issue. There is no other way. “
Voters tend to see Trump as having more stamina than Biden and being more mentally prepared for the job.
Biden, 81, is the oldest president in American history.
More voters, however, said Biden was “honest” and “respected democracy.”
The poll was conducted by Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio and Democrat Michael Bocian.
Fabrizio is a longtime Trump pollster and now works for a SuperPAC that supports the former president.
“If this race is about policy and performance, then Donald Trump has a significant advantage,” Fabrizio told the Journal. “If this race is about temperament and character, things like that, then Biden has the edge.”
The poll also confirmed Trump’s dominance in the GOP presidential primaries, where he has outpaced his challengers all year.
The poll found Trump leading his Republican rivals with 59% of GOP primary voters backing him.
More than five in 10 voters said they disapproved of Trump’s performance as president. Reuters
Haley and DeSantis are vying for second place with 15% and 14% support respectively.
The Journal poll spoke to 1,500 registered voters from Nov. 29 to Dec. 4 with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
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