OAN’s Abril Elfi
1:26 PM – Sunday, September 24, 2023
A new election poll shows that former President Donald Trump is currently leading President Joe Biden by 10 points among voters who took part in the poll.
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The new poll, released on Sunday, was conducted by the Washington Post and ABC and indicated that if the 2024 presidential election was held today, Trump would defeat Biden 52% to 42%.
According to reports, In addition to his age, respondents disliked Biden’s handling of the economy and the U.S.-Mexico border. Biden’s approval rating for handling immigration at the US-Mexico border is much lower at 23%.
In terms of sentiment, 20% strongly approve of his overall work, while 45% strongly disagree. The 74% of poll-takers who believe that he is too old for a second term has increased by 6 percentage points since last May.
Biden is also suffering a crisis of confidence within his own party, with nearly 60% of Democrats indicating that they would prefer a different Democrat candidate.
Additionally, Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to initiate an impeachment investigation was positively received, with 58% of respondents believing that Biden is held accountable under the law in the same way as any other president is.
According to the poll, only 32% believed he was being “unfairly victimized.”
The ABC-Washington Post poll was conducted from September 15th to September 20th among 1,006 adults, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. It featured a split of 25% Democrats, 25% Republicans, and 42% Independents.
Biden, 80, is the oldest person to ever run for president in the United States, closely followed by Trump, at age 77. Biden would be 82-years-old if he is reelected and takes office for a second term.
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