Former President Donald Trump would beat President Joe Biden by six points if the 2024 presidential election were held today. A ...
Former President Donald Trump would beat President Joe Biden by six points if the 2024 presidential election were held today.
A new poll from Redfield & Wilton Strategies found that 44 percent of Americans would vote for Trump and 38 percent would vote for Biden, with a sizable 12 per cent saying they didn't know who they would vote for.
Trump gained two points from a previous Redfield & Wilton poll conducted earlier this month, while Biden's support remained the same.
Biden has struggled in the polls generally since his disastrous pull-out from Afghanistan this summer.
His approval rating has remained below 50 percent with Americans disapproving of his COVID response, his tackling of the economy, immigration and crime.
More recently he's faced resistance in Congress to pass the Build Back Better bill and had to deal with a COVID resurgence due to the omicron variant.
Former President Donald Trump (left) would beat President Joe Biden (right) by six points if the 2024 presidential election were held today
Since late November, former President Donald Trump has surpassed President Joe Biden in support in a hypothetical 2024 presidential race
Trump surpassed Biden in late November in polling for a 2024 hypothetical presidential race.
Large percentages of both candidates' supporters said they would stick with their guys.
Eighty-seven per cent of Trump supporters said they would cast a ballot for the Republican ex-president again, while 75 per cent of Biden supporters said they'd vote for the Democrat.
Since earlier this month, Trump gained 1 point among his 2020 voters, while Biden lost 4 per cent of his 2020 voter base.
In an interview this week, Biden suggested he'd run for re-election.
'I'm a great respecter of fate. Fate has intervened in my life many, many times. If I'm in the health I'm in now, if I'm in good health, then, in fact, I would run again,' the 79-year-old Biden told ABC News' David Muir.
He said if Trump entered the race that would be further motivation.
'Why would I not run against Donald Trump if he were the nominee? That would increase the prospect of running,' he told Muir.
Trump has said he would announce a decision after next year's midterm results.
The Redfield & Wilton Strategies poll found that his approval rating stands at 41 per cent - up 4 points from earlier this month - while 44 per cent disapprove of the job Biden is doing.
The coronavirus is the issue area where Biden received his highest net approval rating - at +6 points.
However, the poll was conducted on December 18, before omicron triggered testing delays and flight cancelations ahead of the Christmas holiday.
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