President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck in a hypothetical matchup set in 2024, according to a new poll that indicated support for presidential re-election is waning.
In a hypothetical matchup between Trump and Biden, a Marquette Law School poll released Thursday found the two frontrunners tied with 38% of the vote, while 20% of respondents said they would support someone else. The poll results reflect a shift in the 2024 race. Biden was ten percentage points ahead of Trump in a November poll.
A recent Fox News poll released Wednesday showed Biden is waning, with 52% of respondents wanting to see another candidate as the Democratic nominee in 2024. In the same Fox poll, 54% said they would like to see Trump as a GOP voter for any other potential or declared Republican candidate. The Fox News poll was conducted March 24-27 with an error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
The Marquette poll shows that among registered voters, Biden leads Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by nearly 10 percentage points and captures 43% of the vote, while Florida Gov. has not announced whether he will serve as president in the next cycle will run, 34% received support.
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US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before leaving the South Lawn of the White House on Marine One March 17, 2023 in Washington, DC. President Biden is spending the weekend in Wilmington, Delaware. (Anna Moneymaker)
The poll found that while Trump is leading in a crowded Republican primary, he falls short in a one-on-one match with DeSantis, who is widely expected to enter the race for the Republican nomination.
If you pit the two Republicans against each other, DeSantis leads with 54% support ahead of Trump, who received 46% of the vote among Republican respondents in the Marquette poll.
Despite DeSantis’ lead, the results show a tightening of the race after the Florida governor held a nearly 30-point lead over Trump in a January poll. Other recent polls have shown Trump to be double digits ahead of DeSantis.
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The majority of Republican and Republican-leaning independents also had a more positive opinion of DeSantis over Trump, ranging from 69% to 66%.
Former President Donald Trump presided over a hypothetically jam-packed GOP primary. (Scott Olson)
In a crowded GOP field, Trump led a hypothetical primary with 40% support while DeSantis led the way with 35% support.
Former Vice President Mike Pence and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley were both the preferred candidates for just 5% of registered Republican and Republican-leaning independents. About 12% of respondents were undecided.
The survey was conducted March 13-22 with an error margin of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.
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