Donald Trump's supporters continue to vote for him as they did four years before, while the outgoing president loses popularity.
Published on February 3, 2024 7:04 p.m
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A photo montage from February 8, 2024 with US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. (SAUL LOEB, TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
A hard blow for the democratic camp. Joe Biden is losing ground to his Republican rival Donald Trump, who is five points ahead of him in a poll published on Saturday, March 2, by the American daily New York Times. It shows “alarming signals” for the incumbent American president among some Democratic voters.
The release of this survey comes eight months before the November elections and four days before Super Tuesday, a crucial meeting in which 15 states organize their Democratic and Republican primaries simultaneously. The nomination of Joe Biden and Donald Trump by their respective parties is almost guaranteed.
If voters were to choose their president today, 43% would vote for Joe Biden, compared to 48% for Donald Trump, according to this national poll from the New York Times and Siena College University.
The Republican Party presents a “more united” camp
The 81-year-old Democratic president may insist with supportive numbers that the economy is doing well, “only one in four voters think the country is moving in the right direction,” with “a majority of voters thinking (that). “The economy is doing badly,” the newspaper says. The poll raises “a number of alarming signals for the president about weaknesses within the Democratic camp, particularly among women, black and Latino voters” and some blue-collar voters.
Despite his numerous legal setbacks, Donald Trump's control of the Republican Party is, on the contrary, leading to a more “unified” camp: the ex-president “won 97% of the votes of those who said they voted for him four years ago, and virtually none.” “His former supporters have said they plan to vote for Joe Biden.” Conversely, “Joe Biden received just 83% of his voters in 2020, with 10% of them saying they now support Donald Trump,” the New York Times added added.