One year from 2024 election, polls show Biden trailing Trump in states likely to decide race
- President Joe Biden trails Republican front runner Donald Trump in five of the six most important battleground states, polls show
- Americans have expressed doubts about Biden’s age and dissatisfaction toward his handling of the economy
With exactly a year to go before the US presidential election, a new string of polls painted a grim picture Sunday for Joe Biden, showing him trailing likely challenger Donald Trump among a pessimistic electorate.
The Democratic incumbent’s numbers look especially bleak among people of colour and young voters, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll.
The survey shows Biden trailing Trump by between four and 10 percentage points among voters in Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania – five crucial states that helped him defeat the Republican in 2020.
In Wisconsin, however, respondents said they preferred Biden by two percentage points – within the margin of error.
A CBS News/YouGov poll showed Biden trailing Trump by three points (51 per cent to 48 per cent) in a national head-to-head match-up.
