{"id":2284459,"date":"2024-06-27T08:26:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T12:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/age-and-economy-top-concerns-of-battleground-state-voters-in-pre-debate-poll-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T08:28:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T12:28:40","slug":"age-and-economy-top-concerns-of-battleground-state-voters-in-pre-debate-poll-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/age-and-economy-top-concerns-of-battleground-state-voters-in-pre-debate-poll-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Age and economy top concerns of battleground state voters in pre-debate poll &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fage-and-economy-top-concerns-of-battleground-state-voters-in-pre-debate-poll-washington-examiner%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=2284459&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--><p>Polling from five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-acknowledges-trumps-2020-election-defeat-of-course-he-lost\/\" title=\"DeSantis admits Trump's loss in 2020 election.\">key battleground \u2062states<\/a>\u2063 indicates that\u2062 former President Donald Trump\u2062 is \u200dleading against President Joe Biden in \u2062the run-up to the 2024 presidential elections. This includes projected figures from Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Michigan, and \u2063Wisconsin, states critical for determining the election\u200d outcome. The polling, conducted by P2 Insights on behalf of the conservative group Building\u200d America\u2019s Future, shows Trump increasing his lead in most\u2064 of \u200bthese states despite facing extensive \u200cnegative media \u200ccoverage and a conviction in\u200d his New York hush\u2063 money trial.<\/p>\n<p>The poll results reveal that\u2062 in states like Arizona and Nevada, a\u2062 noticeable percentage of voters who supported Biden in 2020 are \u200cnow\u200d indicating a preference \u2064for Trump. Additionally, around three-fifths of all respondents \u2064in these battleground states consider \u2064Biden &#8220;too old&#8221; for the presidency, expressing doubts\u2062 about his capability to manage another four-year term. This sentiment is echoed by about a third of Biden&#8217;s 2020 voters in these states, pointing to vulnerabilities in Biden\u2019s attempt to recreate the coalition that secured his 2020 victory. As\u2064 the candidates approach their\u200b first debate, these polls suggest Biden enters in a strained position, battling to retain his previous supporters\u2062 and to address concerns \u2064about his age and capacity for another term.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> Polling from five battleground states suggests former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> has kept his edge over President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> before their first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 election cycle<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Georgia<\/a>, the state hosting their potentially only head-to-head matchup before November.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buildingamericasfuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Trumps-Lead-Expands-in-Battlegrounds-as-Voters-View-Biden-as-Too-Old.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Polling<\/a> conducted by Republican polling shop P2 Insights for conservative nonprofit organization\u00a0Building\u00a0America\u2019s\u00a0Future from June 11-20, found Trump has extended his lead over Biden in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and Wisconsin since May and his conviction in his New York hush money trial.<\/p>\n<p>The polls, which surveyed 650 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> in each state by cellphone, landline, and text to web and asked respondents about independent candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a>, also found Trump remained ahead of Biden in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan<\/a> but by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-poll-finds-men-more-enthusiastic-about-voting-in-midterms-than-women\/\" title=\"CBS Poll Finds Men More Enthusiastic About Voting in Midterms Than Women\">smaller margin compared<\/a> to last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Arizona \u2014 Trump 47%, Biden 36%, Kennedy 7% in June; Trump 41%, Biden 38%, Kennedy 9% in May<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Georgia \u2014 Trump 45%, Biden 35%, Kennedy 6% in June; Trump 43%, Biden 39%, Kennedy 7% in May<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Michigan \u2014 Trump 43%, Biden 40%, Kennedy 8% in June; Trump 45%, Biden 37%, Kennedy 7% in May<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nevada \u2014 Trump 40%, Biden 37%, Kennedy 8% in June; Trump 41%, Biden 40%, Kennedy 9% in May<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Wisconsin \u2014 Trump 45%, Biden 42%, Kennedy 4% in June; Trump 44%, Biden 42%, Kennedy 7% in May<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter enduring wall-to-wall negative coverage of his historic trial and tens of millions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-campaign-marks-latest-disaster-for-lincoln-project\/\" title=\"Virginia Campaign Marks Latest Disaster For Lincoln Project\">negative attack ads<\/a> from the Biden campaign in recent weeks, Donald Trump still leads in five key battleground states across the country,\u201d P2 Insights partner Ryan Tyson wrote in a Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/buildingamericasfuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Trumps-Lead-Expands-in-Battlegrounds-as-Voters-View-Biden-as-Too-Old.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>memo<\/a> obtained by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden heads into the first debate in a difficult position because he is struggling to recreate the coalition that produced his victory in 2020,\u201d Tyson said. \u201cIn fact, Biden is losing more of his 2020 voters than Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arizona<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nevada<\/a> are the most notable states in which voters who supported Biden in 2020 told pollsters they would now cast a ballot for Trump at 6% and 5%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>About three-fifths of all polled battleground voters considered Biden \u201ctoo old\u201d to be president and that he would not be able to \u201chandle\u201d another four-year administration, with approximately one-third of those respondents voting for Biden in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Arizona \u2014 63% of all likely voters agree Biden is \u201ctoo old,\u201d 34% disagree; 29% of 2020 Biden voters agree, 66% disagree<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Georgia \u2014 60% of all likely voters agree, 36% disagree; 31% of 2020 Biden voters agree, 63% disagree<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Michigan \u2014 64% of all likely voters agree, 31% disagree; 34% of 2020 Biden voters agree, 61% disagree<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nevada \u2014 61% of all likely voters agree, 34% disagree; 32% of 2020 Biden voters agree, 64% disagree<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Wisconsin \u2014 58% of all likely voters agree, 36% disagree; 31% of 2020 Biden voters agree, 63% disagree<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s greatest advantage in this race remains that he is more trusted to handle the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>economy<\/a> than Biden,\u201d Tyson wrote. \u201cEven people who dislike Trump agree with that argument. Positive perception of Trump\u2019s economy outperforms his baseline image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-naps-during-one-of-the-most-important-meetings-in-history-as-fate-of-planet-hangs-in-balance\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Naps During \u2018One of the Most Important Meetings in History\u2019 as Fate of Planet Hangs in Balance\">roughly 10 percentage points<\/a> in every swing state. That has been true before and after his criminal trial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith his standing declining in almost every key battleground state, Joe Biden is in desperate need of a moment in Thursday night\u2019s debate to turn his campaign around,\u201d he added. \u201cThe problem for the incumbent is there may be too many things to fix in just one night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These numbers are within the range of other public polls taken in the presidential race.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/2024\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>an average 3.2 percentage point lead over Biden in Arizona<\/a>, a<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/2024\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> 5-point one in Georgia<\/a>, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/2024\/nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>3.2 point one in Nevada<\/a>, according to <em>FiveThirtyEight<\/em>. Biden has a <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/2024\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>0.2-point advantage over Trump in Michigan<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/2024\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>0.3-point one in Wisconsin<\/a>, per the same polling aggregator.<\/p>\n<p>All five of P2 Insights\u2019 June polls have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 points.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive polling from five key battleground states shows former President Donald Trump maintaining a lead over President Joe Biden ahead of their first 2024 election debate. Conducted by P2 Insights for Building America\u2019s Future, the polls include Georgia, the host state for their potentially sole pre-November face-off<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2284460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/biden-debate-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[8808,33002,9168,33003,4223],"class_list":["post-2284459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-age","tag-battleground-states","tag-economy","tag-pre-debate-poll","tag-voters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/biden-debate-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2284459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2284460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}