President Joe Biden leads former President Donald Trump in a contest between the two candidates, according to eight recent polls.
The surveys give Biden a slight lead on a national basis ranging from one to three points, though it isn’t clear if it would give him an overall victory due to the Electoral College.
On March 12, Biden and Trump each won a series of primary elections to become their party’s presumptive presidential nominees. This focused attention on how a likely presidential election between the two rivals would play out.
A Mainstream Research/Florida Atlantic University survey of 1,053 American adults conducted between March 15 and 17 found that among likely voters, 47 percent would vote for Biden “if the election for president were held today” against 45 percent for Trump. Four percent said they would vote for “another candidate,” while four percent said they were “undecided.”
Ipsos and Reuters conducted a poll of 3,356 registered voters between March 7 and 13 that found 39 percent would vote for Biden “if the 2024 election were today,” against 38 percent for Trump with 11 percent for “some other candidate.” The remainder were either unsure or not voting.
Civiqs surveyed 1,324 registered U.S. voters online between March 9 and 12, finding that 45 percent would vote for Biden in an immediate presidential election against 44 percent for Trump.
An Emerson College survey of 1,350 registered voters on March 5 and 6 had Trump and Biden tied at 45 percent. However, once undecided voters were asked which candidate they leaned toward, Biden ended up at 51 percent against 49 percent for Trump.
The most recent YouGov/The Economist survey, published by the latter on March 22, gave Biden a one-point lead at 45 percent.
A Kaiser Family Foundation poll gave Biden a three-point lead over Trump, with 47 percent of the vote. The survey of 1,072 registered voters took place between February 20 and 28.
Source: https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-leads-donald-trump-eight-polls-1882336
