{"id":2010594,"date":"2023-08-24T10:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-improves-lead-over-gop-rival-but-cant-close-gap-with-biden-in-pennsylvania\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T10:29:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:29:40","slug":"trump-improves-lead-over-gop-rival-but-cant-close-gap-with-biden-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-improves-lead-over-gop-rival-but-cant-close-gap-with-biden-in-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump widens lead over GOP rival, but trails Biden in Pennsylvania."},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftrump-improves-lead-over-gop-rival-but-cant-close-gap-with-biden-in-pennsylvania%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=2010594&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>Pennsylvania Voters Show Shift Towards\u2063 Trump, But Biden Still Leads<\/h2>\n<p>Pennsylvania voters have \u200bshown\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charles-lipson-the-think-tank-implicated-by-bidens-classified-documents\/\" title=\"Charles Lipson: The Think Tank Implicated by Biden\u2019s Classified Documents\">slight shift<\/a> \u2064towards former President Donald\u2063 Trump \u200bsince the spring, \u200dbut President\u200d Joe Biden still maintains\u2063 the\u2063 lead in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-state-republicans-lead-democrats-by-six-points-on-generic-ballot\/\" title=\"Poll: State Republicans Lead Democrats by Six Points on Generic Ballot\">crucial battleground state<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent\u200d Franklin &#038; Marshall poll, Biden comes out\u2063 on top with \u200b42% of the vote, while Trump trails closely behind \u200bwith 40%. Both candidates have gained more support compared to April, \u2064when Biden won with 36% against Trump&#8217;s 35%. This survey shows that Biden has \u200cextended his lead over Trump by 2 points.<\/p>\n<h3>Republicans in \u2062Pennsylvania\u2063 Remain Loyal to Trump<\/h3>\n<p>A \u2063plurality of\u200d Pennsylvania Republicans, 39% \u200dto be\u200d exact, have stated that if an \u200delection were held today, they would vote for Trump. This number remains relatively steady compared to\u200d the\u200b 40% he received in April. However, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is not far behind, with\u200b 21% of the vote\u200b in the new poll. This\u2063 is one of the closest\u2062 gaps seen between \u2062the two \u200ccandidates\u200d in current polling, although it is larger\u200d than the 6-point\u2064 difference \u2064seen in April when DeSantis had 34% support.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-improves-lead-over-gop-rival-but-cant-close-gap-with-biden-in-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"Trump widens lead over GOP rival, but trails Biden in Pennsylvania.\">previously unknown biotech entrepreneur<\/a>, Vivek Ramaswamy, has gained traction and received 9%\u2064 support \u2064in this survey, \u2064after not being measured in\u2064 the April\u2064 poll. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) also saw a significant\u200b increase in support, with 6% of voters backing him, compared to his 0% \u2064debut in the spring.<\/p>\n<h3>Pennsylvania: A Pivotal State in the 2024 Presidential Contest<\/h3>\n<p>The battleground state of Pennsylvania\u200c is expected to play a\u200d crucial \u200drole \u200bin the 2024\u200c presidential contest. It narrowly went to Trump in 2016 but flipped for Biden \u2063in\u2064 2020. Notably, Pennsylvania is the birthplace \u2064of Biden, and he often emphasizes\u2063 this fact \u2063while rallying his supporters in the state. The president has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irans-navy-reaches-new-milestone-during-biden-era-set-to-get-advanced-tech-to-boost-military\/\" title=\"Iran\u2019s Navy Reaches New Milestone During Biden-Era; Set To Get \u2018Advanced\u2019 Tech To \u2018Boost\u2019 Military\">made multiple trips<\/a> to Philadelphia in the months leading up to \u2062the campaign season.<\/p>\n<p>Another advantage for Biden \u200bin \u2063Pennsylvania is the increasing approval of Governor Josh Shapiro (D-PA). Shapiro, a rising star in the Democratic party, impressed Pennsylvanians with his\u2062 swift\u200b handling of a collapsed portion of Interstate 95 earlier this summer.\u2063 More than half of the state&#8217;s voters have\u2064 a somewhat or strongly favorable view of Shapiro, surpassing the approval\u2062 ratings of \u2063both Biden \u200b(40%) and Trump (34%). Additionally, nearly half of the respondents believe Shapiro is doing a good or \u2063excellent job, showing an improvement from the 43% approval rating he had in \u200bApril, prior to the I-95 incident.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro&#8217;s influence \u2062extends beyond\u2063 the state level, as he has \u200cbeen\u200d named \u2062a member \u200cof the Biden reelection campaign&#8217;s national advisory \u2062board. He is expected\u200c to actively campaign for Biden in Pennsylvania\u2064 and make joint appearances with the president.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> \u200cto read\u2064 more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania voters lean more towards Trump, but Biden still leads in the battleground state. According to a recent Franklin &amp; Marshall poll, Biden surpasses Trump with 42% to 40% support. 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