Biden up 7 points over Donald Trump in 2024 popular vote, poll shows
By Josh Christenson
May 17, 2023 4:03pm
President Biden would expand his 2020 margin of victory over former President Donald Trump if a rematch were held today, according to a new poll exclusively shared with The Post Wednesday.
The WPA Intelligence survey of 1,571 registered voters found Biden, 80, leading 76-year-old Trump 47% to 40%. By comparison, Biden defeated Trump by 4.5 percentage points in the 2020 popular vote, while former President Barack Obama won re-election over Republican Mitt Romney by 3.9 percentage points in 2012.
The poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5% and was conducted between May 10 and 13, also showed independent voters backing Biden by a whopping 14 percentage points, up from the nine percentage points by which the Democrat won independents three years ago, per the Pew Research Center.
Wednesday’s poll also showed Democrats leading generic down-ballot races 47% to 42% with Trump at the top of the Republican ticket.
Despite the grim reading for Trump supporters, the poll also shows Biden remains vulnerable to defeat next year.
Just 46% of voters approve and 54% of voters disapprove of the job the president is doing, with 42% strongly disapproving.
Only 39% of registered voters have a favorable impression of the commander-in-chief, with 54% having an unfavorable impression.
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