Biden moves within striking distance of Trump in Florida, poll shows By Max Greenwood June 07, 2024 1:37 PM
Former President Donald Trump continues to hold an edge among Florida voters, but President Joe Biden is starting to close the gap, according to a new Fox News poll released Thursday.
The poll of 1,075 registered Florida voters, which was conducted from June 1-4, shows Trump leading Biden 50% to 46% in a head-to-head contest in Florida — just outside the survey’s 3-percentage-point margin of error. The results suggest a much closer race in the Sunshine State than other recent polls.
Florida has swung to the right in recent years, prompting national Democrats to reevaluate the time and money they spend in the state, but the poll could help state Democratic leaders make their case that Biden still has a fighting chance in Florida come November.
In response to the Fox News poll, the Florida Democratic Party blasted out a statement insisting that Trump “is in trouble in Florida.”
Trump won the state in 2016 by little more than 100,000 votes, but his margin of victory increased drastically in 2020 when he won Florida by more than 370,000 votes. Since then, Florida Republicans have racked up a roughly 900,000-person voter registration advantage over Democrats, and most polls this year have shown Trump leading Biden in Florida by as much as 15 percentage points.
The Fox News poll still underscored numerous challenges for Biden. While he’s trailing Trump by only 4 points in a head-to-head matchup, that gap grows to 7 points in a multi-candidate field that includes independents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
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