The authoritative American newspaper The New York Times, together with Siena College, conducted a survey related to the upcoming presidential elections in 2024.
Its results showed that in terms of voter support, current head of state Joe Biden is inferior to former President Donald Trump.
But not everywhere, but only in five of the six swing states. However, Trump’s advantage here is estimated at 3% to 10%.
What states are these?
We are talking about registered voters in the states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
Biden is ahead of Trump only in the state of Wisconsin – by two percentage points, – MIA Rossiya Segodnya.
At the same time, The New York Times calls Donald Trump the most likely competitor to Joe Biden in the upcoming elections.
According to the author of the article, the states listed above can play a decisive role in determining the winner of the presidential race.
It is argued that those regions contain the largest number of undecided voters, while the popularity of candidates from both parties there is approximately equal.
Survey results
The survey cited by the newspaper was conducted by telephone among 3,662 residents of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin from October 22 to November 3.
According to The New York Times, at least 59% of respondents said they trust Trump more on economic issues.
In addition, they are inclined to trust him more than Biden on issues of national security, immigration, and resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
And 71% of Americans surveyed believe that Biden is too old to effectively serve as president.
39% of survey participants said the same about Trump.
