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Joe Biden is slightly ahead of his predecessor
Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race , but voters have a mixed view on whether democracy is working in the U.S., the results of a new poll published on Wednesday showed. Just Ahead: Biden received 48% of support in a hypothetical two-way matchup with Trump, who took away slightly less than 45% support, according to the Quinnipiac University national poll of registered voters. The relative positioning is virtually unchanged from the university’s February poll. The March survey revealed that 2% said they would vote for someone else, a similar percentage said they were undecided and 1% said they wouldn’t vote. Another 2% refused to answer the question. While the votes were along the party lines, among independents, Biden held the clout, taking away 48% support. Only 41% of the independents took sides with Trump. The poll surveyed 1,407 self-identified registered voters nationwide from March 21-25, with a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percentage points. When independents Robert Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West and Green Party’s Jill Stein were included on the ballot, Trump was ahead by a hair’s breadth, the poll found. Trump and Biden polled 39% and 38% of the votes, respectively. Kennedy, West and Stein received 13%, 3%, and 4% votes, respectively. “There is no clear leader in either of these matchups because the leads are within the margin of error,” the pollster said. “Way too close to call on the head-to-head and even closer when third-party candidates are counted. The backstretch is months away and this is about as close as it can get,” said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy. See Also: Trump Stripped Of One Of His ‘Go-To Tools’ By
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Democratic voters (66%) seemed to think democracy was working and this percentage was far less, at 33%, among
Republicans. Forty-five percent of the independents said democracy was working. The bulk of the voters (68%) said they think democracy would end in their lifetimes as opposed to 21% who said it will not end in their lifetimes. More voters are confident in Biden’s (48%) ability to preserve democracy than Trump’s (44%). Loading... Loading... The outcome of Trump’s criminal trials mattered but not appreciably, the poll results showed. If Trump were to be convicted, 29% of the respondents said they would be less likely to vote for him. This percentage dwindles to 10% among the Republicans. Biden’s
Job approval improved slightly from the level in February. The March survey showed that 59% had a positive job approval rating for the president, up from 57% in the previous survey. Negative approval fell from 40% to 37%. Among the top 10 issues,
immigration was picked as the most urgent by the voters, with 26% mentioning it as a pressing issue.
economy (20%) and preserving democracy (18%) came next, with none of the other issues reaching double digits. Read Next: Best Penny Stocks Image created using AI on MidJourney Loading... Loading...