Trump is losing the lead he built over President Biden; Americans fear an ineffective president

According to the Gazette (USA), former President Donald Trump has lost almost all of his lead over President Joe Biden in a new poll released on April 13.

Ứng cử viên Tổng thống Mỹ 2024 Donald Trump được cho là đang mất dần lợi thế. (Nguồn: The Gazette)

2024 US presidential candidate Donald Trump is said to be losing his advantage. (Source: The Gazette)

Technically, Mr. Trump still leads by 1 point in the latest New York Times /Siena College poll, with 46% of respondents supporting him, compared to 45% for Biden if the election were a straight contest between the two major party candidates. But the numbers show a narrowing gap, significantly closer than previous results, especially compared to the February poll when Mr. Trump was still ahead by 5%.

When asked who they would vote for in a field that included third-party candidates, Mr. Trump still led by 2 percentage points with 42% of the vote compared to Mr. Biden’s 40%. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was the third-highest-ranked candidate with 2%, and 7% said they would not vote.

The close results come as both campaigns prepare for a tight November election, with several swing states expected. Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan are among the states that have played a key role in recent elections and will also play a key role in 2024.

The poll found that more than half of respondents (69%) believe Mr. Biden is “too old” to be an effective president, and 48% strongly agree. This compares with just 41% who believe Mr. Trump is too old to be in office, and only 21% strongly agree. Mr. Trump is 77 but will be 78, while Mr. Biden will be 82 when he takes office in January.

The poll also found that Americans’ views on the state of the country have barely changed. A majority of voters (64%) still believe the US is headed in the wrong direction, President Biden’s approval rating remains low (38% approve, 59% disapprove), while their assessment of the economy remains poor (79% rate the current economic situation as fair or poor).

The New York Times-Siena released the new poll results as President Biden prepares to campaign across the battleground state of Pennsylvania to highlight his economic differences with former President Trump, emphasizing his plan to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations. President Biden’s campaign has tried to highlight economic bright spots, such as low unemployment, rising wages and a gradual decline in inflation from a record high in 2022.

Meanwhile, former President Trump also focused on economic issues during his campaign. At a recent campaign fundraiser in Florida, Mr. Trump announced that if re-elected, one of his core issues would be to expand the broad tax cuts approved by Republicans in Congress in 2017.

Former President Trump is scheduled to attend a campaign rally and fundraiser in Pennsylvania as he prepares to appear in court on April 15 for his hush money payment to a porn star.

The poll also found that 54% of voters said they felt Mr. Trump committed a serious federal crime, while 37% felt he did not commit a crime. Those numbers were largely unchanged from the February poll.

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