Donald Trump has for the first time surpassed President Biden in a national general election poll from NBC News.
The former president held a narrow lead over his successor – 46% to 44% – and significantly outperformed the incumbent among young voters, a poll released Sunday found.
“In 2019, 2020, when Trump became president, he trailed [Biden in] everything [NBC’s polls],” NBC national political correspondent Steve Kornacki explained on “Meet the Press.”
“This is the first time in more than a dozen polls we’ve seen results like this.”
Among young voters aged 18 to 34, Trump came out on top 46% to 42% over Biden. For context, young voters picked up Biden by about 26 points in the 2020 election.
Only 31% of young voters approve of Biden’s job performance, down significantly from 46% in September, the poll showed.
Echoing this trend appears to be a response to Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, an issue that has divided the Democratic Party.
Donald Trump has edged out President Biden in a recent national poll.AP
A surprising 70% of young voters said they disapproved of Biden’s handling of the conflict, according to the poll.
Among Democrats, 51% felt that Israel had been too aggressive, while 27% believed the Jewish state’s retaliation was justified, the poll showed.
Overall, 40% of registered voters approve of the president’s performance in office, compared to 57% who disapprove — marking the lowest approval rating NBC has recorded for Biden during his time in the White House.
Joe Biden’s job approval rating plunges to an all-time low in an NBC poll.Getty Images
Overall, only 33% of voters approve of Biden’s foreign policy, which is down 8 percentage points from September.
Biden’s stewardship of the economy has 38% approval, up 1 percentage point from September.
NBC is not alone in pegging Biden against Trump in the 2024 matchup.
The former president also has a handle on the 2024 GOP primary contest. Getty Images
A flurry of polls nationally and in battleground states also has Trump beating Biden in the general election. Trump — the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination — is up 1.6 percentage points in the latest RealClearPolitics polling aggregate.
A recent Data Stack Strategy poll of 15,000 people found Trump beating Biden in the Electoral College.
The election is still almost a year away, scheduled for November 5, 2024.
Joe Biden’s campaign has ruled out polling and insists they are always ready for a close race. AFP via Getty Images
Biden’s campaign team has downplayed the polls.
NBC also found Trump towering over his 2024 GOP rival. He garnered 58% support, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at 18%, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley at 13%, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie at 3%, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy at 3%.
The NBC poll was conducted from November 10-14 among 1,000 registered voters with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
It also features a subset of 317 Republican primary voters with a margin of error of 5.5 percentage points and a subset of 311 Democrats with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.6 percentage points.
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