Former President Donald Trump received a significant boost in a recent poll showing him ahead of President Joe Biden in six of seven critical swing states. The news followed a string of negative news for the president and a series of polls that showed Trump leading Biden in both national and state polls in recent weeks.
The most recent Bloomberg/MC poll showed that the former president led in six of seven swing states. In the one state that Trump is not leading, it is a tie.
The poll shows the former president leading in North Carolina, a state that he won in 2016 and 2020 by 6%. In Pennsylvania, where he won in 2016 and lost narrowly in 2020, Trump is now leading by 6%.
Trump is also leading in Arizona by 6%, which he won in 2016 and narrowly lost in 2020. In Nevada, which he lost in both 2016 and 2020 he is ahead by a similar 6%. The former president also leads in Georgia by 7% after winning there in 2016 and losing there in 2020.
Trump also leads Wisconsin by 2%, which flipped from Trump in 2016 to Biden in 2020. The state of Michigan, which Trump won in 2016 and lost in 2020 is currently tied.
Bloomberg/MC poll of Trump-Biden-RFK Jr-West-Stein matchup in swing states:
• North Carolina: Trump +6
• Pennsylvania: Trump +6
• Arizona: Trump +6
• Nevada: Trump +6
• Georgia: Trump +7
• Wisconsin: Trump +2
• Michigan: Tie
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NORTH CAROLINA
Trump 45% (+6)
Biden… https://t.co/izCJQg6CyB pic.twitter.com/X75HVDsXn3— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) March 26, 2024
The inclusion of independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy appears to be helping Trump and hurting Biden. Kennedy received between 7% and 12% in each of the swing states in the same poll.
Biden has suffered historically low approval ratings, with a majority of Americans registering consistent disapproval of his approaches regarding inflation, crime, the economy, foreign policy and illegal immigration.
The former president currently leads the RealClearPolitics polling average by almost 2%.
In the last nine major national polls, the former president leads in six of them. In the three polls that Biden leads, he is ahead by 1% or 2%. Trump’s lead varies between polls, including a recent Grinnell/Selzer poll in which he leads by 7%. Trump also leads in the most recent Forbes/HarrisX poll by 4%.
