Biden falls behind Trump in six swing states, WSJ poll finds

• Published date: 04 April 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The survey collected responses from 4800 voters from March 17-24. The margin of error was plus or minus 1.5 percentage points for the full sample and 4 points for results in individual states

Trump is leading in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina states by 2-8%, the poll found after looking at test ballots which listed independent candidates.

During the 2020 election, US President Joe Biden was reportedly held favorite in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin; which indicates a change in voter favorability in two swing states.

Despite Trump's general lead, Wisconsin has broken the pattern - with Biden holding a 3% lead.

Additionally, while Biden is still holding the lead in Nevada, the margins are allegedly narrowing as Biden's support there has decreased.

Thoughts of President Biden and Trump

The poll found that, in every state survey, negative views of the president's job performance outweigh positive ones by at least 16%.

While negative views ring loudly across the states for Biden, the WSJ found that Trump's negative reviews only outweighed positive ones in Arizona.

In Arizona, negative reviews only dominated...