{"id":1924039,"date":"2023-05-04T05:12:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T09:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-manchin-trails-gop-challenger-by-double-digits\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T05:15:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T09:15:11","slug":"poll-manchin-trails-gop-challenger-by-double-digits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-manchin-trails-gop-challenger-by-double-digits\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin behind GOP rival by large margin in poll."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-manchin-trails-gop-challenger-by-double-digits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1924039&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>West Virginia Governor Jim Justice Poses a Threat to Sen. Joe Manchin in Upcoming Election<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-22-of-cable-news-is-news-study\/\" title=\"Only 22% of Cable \u2018News\u2019 is News: Study\">recent poll conducted<\/a> by National Journal suggests that Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) may be in trouble in a potential matchup against his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-manchin-trails-gop-challenger-by-double-digits\/\" title=\"Manchin behind GOP rival by large margin in poll.\">newly declared opponent<\/a>, West Virginia governor Jim Justice (R.). According to the poll, Justice has the support of 43 percent of likely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-voted-to-put-murderers-back-on-streets\/\" title=\"Fetterman Voted to Put Murderers Back on Streets\">general election voters<\/a> to Manchin\u2019s 29 percent. Twenty-eight percent of those polled said they are undecided.<\/p>\n<p>This poll&#8217;s release comes a week after Justice, a former Democrat, announced his candidacy, and he is widely seen as the strongest challenger to Manchin. A Morning Consult poll last month found that Justice has more support among Democrats in West Virginia than Manchin. Justice\u2019s overall approval rating in the state is at 66 percent, while Manchin is at just 38 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Justice doesn\u2019t look likely to lose his primary either, despite being relatively new to the Republican Party. Forty-five percent of likely Republican voters said they back Justice, compared with 17 percent who support Rep. Alex Mooney. Thirty-eight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-trump-leads-biden-in-2024-presidential-matchup\/\" title=\"Poll: Trump Leads Biden in 2024 Presidential Matchup\">percent remain undecided<\/a>. Justice first ran for governor as a Democrat and beat his Republican opponent in 2016. He then announced his party switch at a rally with then-president Donald Trump in 2017.<\/p>\n<h3>Manchin&#8217;s Changing Tone on Issues<\/h3>\n<p>Manchin&#8217;s poor polling may explain why he&#8217;s changed his tone on issues. He\u2019s positioning himself as an opponent of President Joe Biden\u2019s high spending\u2014despite putting together Biden&#8217;s trillion-dollar Inflation Reduction Act. The Democrat helped negotiate its terms last summer and is considered the bill\u2019s &#8220;chief architect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Manchin attacked Biden for trying to &#8220;liberalize&#8221; the act, which spends billions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/easy-being-green-bidens-clean-energy-fundraisers-reap-white-house-rewards\/\" title=\"Easy Being Green: Biden\u2019s Clean Energy Fundraisers Reap White House Rewards\">climate-related issues<\/a>. Just two months ago, the senator said he did not regret voting for it &#8220;at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Justice has the support of 43 percent of likely general election voters to Manchin\u2019s 29 percent<\/li>\n<li>Justice\u2019s overall approval rating in the state is at 66 percent, while Manchin is at just 38 percent<\/li>\n<li>Forty-five percent of likely Republican voters said they back Justice, compared with 17 percent who support Rep. Alex Mooney<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It remains to be seen how this election will play out, but it&#8217;s clear that Justice poses a significant threat to Manchin&#8217;s reelection bid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) is in trouble in a potential matchup against his newly declared opponent, West Virginia governor Jim Justice (R.), a new poll suggests. Justice has the support of 43 percent of likely general election voters to Manchin\u2019s 29 percent, according to a poll conducted last week by National Journal. 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