{"id":2290049,"date":"2024-07-06T19:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T23:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-trending-up-in-swing-states-despite-weak-debate-performance-poll-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-06T19:04:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T23:04:53","slug":"biden-trending-up-in-swing-states-despite-weak-debate-performance-poll-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-trending-up-in-swing-states-despite-weak-debate-performance-poll-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden trending up in swing states despite weak debate performance: 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=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fbiden-trending-up-in-swing-states-despite-weak-debate-performance-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=2290049&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>The\u200c summary discusses a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-lawmakers-join-forces-against-n-y-gov-cuomo\/\" title=\"Bipartisan lawmakers join forces against N.Y. Gov. Cuomo\">recent poll showing<\/a>\u2062 that President Joe Biden has \u200bgained ground in swing states \u200dfollowing his first debate \u2062against Donald Trump. The poll indicates that Biden is narrowing the gap\u200b with Trump in \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as &quot;Always the Smartest Person in the Room&quot; Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES\">key battleground states<\/a>, prompting concerns about Trump&#8217;s ability\u200d to secure a\u2064 second term. Despite Biden&#8217;s improvement in states like Wisconsin\u200d and Michigan, Trump\u2062 still maintains \u2062a lead\u200b in Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina. The poll also highlights Trump&#8217;s \u200dlead in Nevada and Pennsylvania, with\u2064 Pennsylvania holding significant electoral \u2063votes. The results of the poll are seen as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stunning-reddit-shuts-down-wallstreetbets-subgroup-blames-racism-and-hate-speech-after-rookie-investors-in-general-public-make-money-causing-hedge-funds-to-go-bust\/\" title=\"STUNNING: Reddit Shuts Down WallStreetBets Subgroup \u2014 Blames Racism and Hate Speech \u2014 After Rookie Investors in General Public Make Money Causing Hedge Funds to Go Bust\">positive news<\/a> for Biden, who has faced challenges since the debate. \u2063The article also mentions calls from House \u200bDemocrats for Biden to withdraw from the race.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden trending up in swing states despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-four-things-at-stake-for-gop-candidates-onstage\/\" title=\"Republican debate: Four things at stake for GOP candidates onstage\">weak debate performance<\/a>: Poll<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/robert-stewart\/\">Robert Stewart<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-06T19:02:42-04:00\">July 6, 2024 7:02 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1696084\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A new poll shows President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> has closed gaps in several battleground states in the days after his first debate against presumptive Republican nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, which has prompted many to express concern about his mental fitness to serve another term in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>A <em>Bloomberg News<\/em>\/Morning Consult <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2024-07-06\/biden-narrows-trump-s-election-lead-in-key-states-after-debate-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> released Saturday showed Biden trailing Trump 47%-45% in the seven states that will most likely determine the winner of the Nov. 5 presidential election. It marks the second straight month of downward momentum for the former president, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/2977340\/trump-wipes-biden-momentum-swing-states-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>peaked<\/a> at 49% to the incumbent\u2019s 43% in <em>Bloomberg\u2019s<\/em> April 24 poll.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent poll, conducted between Monday and Friday, showed Biden leading Trump 47%-44% in Wisconsin, marking his first advantage in that state since March. In Michigan, the incumbent widened his lead to 5 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>Trump still leads Biden in Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina, but the president came within the margins of error in all three states.<\/p>\n<p>Nevada and Pennsylvania data were welcome developments for Trump. The former president broke what was a tie in June in the Silver State and turned it into a 3-point lead this month, which is still within the margin of error. His 51%-44% lead in the Keystone State, however, is not.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania has been crucial to the outcomes of the last four presidential elections. Its 19 electoral votes are the most among the swing states and the fifth-most overall. Biden won the state by more than 80,000 votes in 2020, and Trump won it by an even smaller margin four years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The Saturday poll is good news for Biden, which has been scarce since he took the debate stage against Trump late last month. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3071994\/angie-craig-calls-on-biden-to-pull-out-of-presidential-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Five<\/a> House Democrats have called on the president, 81, to withdraw from the race, and he faces a growing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3070898\/abigail-disney-pledges-withdraw-democratic-contributions-biden-replaced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>list<\/a> of donors who have threatened to withhold their contributions unless the Democratic Party replaces him at the top of the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the noise, Biden has remained adamant that he will remain in the race.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Lord Almighty came down and said, \u2018Joe, get out of the race,\u2019 I\u2019d get out of the race,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3071705\/biden-debuts-litany-denials-post-debate-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> ABC News\u2019s George Stephanopolous on Friday. \u201cThe Lord Almighty\u2019s not coming down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden and Trump are scheduled to meet again on the debate stage on Sept. 10, just under two months before their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/polls-finds-rising-tide-of-voters-worried-biden-lacks-fitness-to-be-president\/\" title=\"Polls show growing concern among voters about Biden&#039;s fitness for presidency.\">general election rematch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1696084\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1696084\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent poll shows that despite a weak debate performance, President Joe Biden has gained ground in swing states, causing concern about his mental fitness for a second term. Biden is now trailing Trump by only two points in key battleground states, compared to a larger gap in previous polls. Biden has taken the lead in Wisconsin and widened his lead in Michigan, while still trailing in Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina. Trump has seen improvements in Nevada and Pennsylvania, where he now leads by a significant margin. Despite calls for him to withdraw from the race, Biden remains determined to continue and will face Trump in another debate in September<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2700,"featured_media":2290050,"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\/07\/Joe-Biden-Delaware.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,15638,32115],"class_list":["post-2290049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-polls","tag-swing-states"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Joe-Biden-Delaware.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290049","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\/2700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}