Former President Donald Trump maintains the advantage over President Joe Biden in both a hypothetical head-to-head race and a deeper general election field, according to the latest national Emerson College poll.
The poll, published on Friday, shows that 47 percent of the 1,000 American registered voters surveyed back Trump in a race with Biden, who trails with 43 percent of support. The numbers are unchanged from an Emerson College survey published on November 22. Nearly one in ten respondents were undecided in the current poll.
NATIONAL POLL
2024 Hypothetical Presidential Election
Trump 47%
Biden 43%
9% undecidedhttps://t.co/hw4U3gM0E2 pic.twitter.com/Q4ztEWMDnj— Emerson College Polling (@EmersonPolling) December 8, 2023
In a hypothetical five-way race with other declared presidential candidates, Trump’s edge over Biden grows to six points. Trump leads the way with 43 percent, while Biden’s support dwindles to 37 percent as Democrat-turned-independent candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. garners 7 percent of the response.
From there, Green Party candidate Jill Stein and independent candidate Cornel West each scored one percent, and the share of undecided voters…
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