- The latest poll from The New York Times and Siena College shows the race between Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump is heating up.
- Mr. Trump now leads Mr. Biden 46% to 45% among registered voters, down from a 48% to 43% lead in February.
- Mr. Biden has won more supporters than he did in 2020, and he has higher approval ratings with women and suburbanites.
A new poll from The New York Times and Siena College has put President Joe Biden ahead of former President Donald Trump, closing in on the stubborn lead the former president had held for months.
Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump secured enough delegates last month to become their nominees ahead of their conventions and the November election. And while Biden has so far struggled to rally young voters and minorities in his bid for re-election, he appears to have regained some of his 2020 support during this time.
The latest Times/Siena poll shows Trump leading Biden by a narrow 46% to 45% margin among registered voters, up from the 48% the former president enjoyed in a February poll. This has further shrunk from the 43% difference.
How Biden gained an edge over Trump
According to the poll, Biden currently has 89% of 2020 supporters, an increase from February, when 83% of 2020 incumbents said they would vote for him again in November. .
The survey found that 94% of 2020 Trump supporters said they would vote for Trump again, down slightly from the 97% of 2020 supporters who said in February they would vote for Trump in the fall.
Despite Biden’s job approval rating of 38%, he is polled by women voters (53% to 37%), voters 65 and older (51% to 42%), black voters (69% to 16%), and suburban voters (69% to 16%). 51%-40%).
Trump, on the other hand, is popular among men (57%-37%), rural voters (62%-29%), voters ages 45 to 64 (52%-43%), and white voters without a college degree (62%). -30%). ).
Trump benefits from stronger numbers on the economy (64% approve of him on this issue) and immigration (50% approve of his handling of the issue) .
Despite low unemployment and a strong job market, 63% of respondents disapprove of Biden’s handling of the economy, making this issue perhaps the most serious threat to his reelection. There is.
Biden has ramped up his campaign schedule in recent weeks, campaigning in Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. As more voters start paying attention to the presidential race, he is trying to tout his administration’s achievements and raise his profile.
Abortion has always been poised to become a major issue this year in Arizona, where the conservative state Supreme Court ruled this week that a near-total abortion ban dating back to 1864 could go into effect. rights are becoming more urgent.
Biden, along with Vice President Kamala Harris, is passionate about abortion, and continues to point to President Trump’s appointment of anti-abortion conservatives to the U.S. Supreme Court as the reason Roe v. Wade was rejected. . Abortion laws nationwide.
