One year before the American presidential elections: according to the survey, Trump is leading in the swing states

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The New York Times reported on Sunday evening (local time) about a Siena College survey that showed Biden trailing Donald Trump, the candidate for the Republican nomination, in five of the six key contested states. However, the error tolerances are between 1.8 and 4.8 percentage points.

The survey surveyed a total of 3,662 voters in the six states of Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Michigan and Pennsylvania between October 22 and November 3. The survey found that both candidates were unpopular, but voters were more likely to take out their frustration on the president, the New York Times writes.

According to the survey, Democrat Biden leads only in the state of Wisconsin. In the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Michigan and Pennsylvania – all states that are particularly hotly contested between Democrats and Republicans – Trump led by four to ten percentage points, the New York Times wrote. In the 2020 US presidential election, Biden won all six states against Trump, the newspaper continued.

Biden’s age in particular appeared to be a disadvantage in the study, the newspaper writes – even though he is only about four years older than his most likely opponent, Trump. A majority of 71 percent believed that the soon-to-be 81-year-old Biden was too old to be a competent president. However, when it comes to Trump, 39 percent of respondents agree (more or less) that he is too old.

By 59 percent to 37 percent, respondents said they trusted Trump more than Biden on the economy. Respondents also favored Trump on immigration policy and national security. Biden’s strongest issue was abortion. Here, voters trusted him nine percentage points more than Trump.

President Biden is running for a second term among the Democrats – without serious competition. Among Republicans, former President Trump is currently far ahead in the polls among his party’s candidates. This could lead to another race between the two. Who ultimately becomes a party’s official candidate is determined during internal party primaries in the months before the elections.

(SDA)

Source: Blick