Trump leads Biden in battleground states, ballot finds

WASHINGTON — Republican Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in six battleground states within the 2024 U.S. presidential election, based on a Wall Road Journal ballot launched on Wednesday that cited considerations concerning the economic system and Biden’s efficiency.

Trump garnered a lead of between 2 and eight proportion factors amongst voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina on a poll that included third-party and impartial candidates, the Journal mentioned. The outcomes have been related in a one-on-one matchup with Biden, it mentioned.

In Wisconsin, a seventh state the place the competition is anticipated to be shut, Biden was forward by 3 factors on a multiple-candidate poll and tied in a head-to-head contest with Trump, the Journal mentioned.

The Biden reelection marketing campaign is grappling with voter considerations concerning the U.S. economic system regardless of job development, wholesome spending and better-than-expected GDP will increase, a problem that has vexed economists and Democratic political strategists.

Within the Journal ballot, unfavourable views of Biden’s job efficiency outweigh optimistic views by at the very least 16 proportion factors and greater than 20 factors in 4 of the states. Trump obtained an unfavorable job score for his time within the White Home in solely one of many seven states — Arizona.

Trump was considered as having a greater bodily and psychological health for the job by 48% of respondents, in comparison with 28% for Biden, the ballot confirmed.

The survey of 4,200 votes — 600 in every of the seven states — was performed March 17-24. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 proportion factors for the complete pattern and 4 factors for ends in particular person states, the Journal mentioned.