President Joe Biden is just 2 percentage points away from former President Donald Trump among seven swing states recently polled, despite the president’s dismal debate performance last week.
Biden is still reeling from a weak showing against Trump during the first presidential debate in Atlanta last Thursday. The 81-year-old president mumbled through his administration’s accomplishments and goals in a hoarse voice. Often times he struggled to give a coherent answer. Biden’s team later said he had a cold and was suffering from jet lag.
In a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll conducted from July 1 to 5, Trump led Biden by only 2 percentage points (47 to 45 percent) among all the swing states polled—Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Across all seven swing states, 4,902 registered voters were polled and there was a margin of error of plus or minus 1 percentage points.
Bloomberg News reported that the 2 percentage point gap between Trump and Biden is the smallest it’s been since they began this type of polling in October 2023.
Meanwhile, when looking at each state individually, Biden was ahead of Trump in Michigan by 5 percentage points (48 to 43 percent) and Wisconsin by 3 points (47 to 44 percent). Meanwhile, Trump led Biden in Georgia by 1 percentage point (47 to 46 percent), Nevada by 3 points (48 to 45 percent), Pennsylvania by 7 points (51 to 44 percent), Arizona by 3 points (48 to 45 percent) and North Carolina by 3 points (46 to 43 percent).
There were 694 registered voters polled in Michigan, 695 in Wisconsin, 790 in Georgia, 452 in Nevada, 794 in Pennsylvania, 781 in Arizona and 696 in North Carolina. The margin of error for Georgia and Pennsylvania was plus or minus 3 percentage points; Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin was plus or minus 4 percentage points and Nevada was plus or minus 5 percentage points.
Newsweek has reached out to Trump’s campaign via email for comment. Biden’s campaign declined to comment on Saturday morning.
Former President Donald Trump participates in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27 in Atlanta. President Joe Biden is just 2 percentage points away from Trump among seven swing states recently…
Former President Donald Trump participates in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27 in Atlanta. President Joe Biden is just 2 percentage points away from Trump among seven swing states recently polled, despite the president’s dismal debate performance last week.
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This poll was conducted on the heels of last week’s debate, which prompted calls from some prominent Democrats for Biden to drop out of the race. Of all the respondents across the seven swing states in the new Bloomberg News poll, only 17 percent thought Biden was mentally fit when thinking about the recent debate, while 49 percent thought Trump was. Trump, 78, is only three years younger than Biden and has also faced scrutiny about his age and cognitive ability.
When asked if Biden should continue his campaign, 36 percent of respondents said he definitely should not, and 19 percent said he probably should not. Meanwhile, 25 percent said Biden definitely should continue his campaign and 15 percent said he probably should.
Asked the same questioned about Trump, 35 percent of respondents said he definitely should not continue his campaign and 9 percent said he probably should not. Meanwhile, 41 percent said he definitely should continue his campaign and 9 percent said he probably should.
Biden has refused to drop out of the race, telling supporters at a rally in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday, “I’m staying in the race, and I will beat Donald Trump.”
In his first one-on-one interview since the debate, Biden told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Friday that he would only drop out “if God Almighty” tells him to.
Stephanopoulos asked the president if he was “convinced” he could not beat Trump, “will you stand down?” Biden replied: “If the Lord Almighty comes down and tells me that, I might do that.”
Update 7/6/24, 11:51 a.m. ET: This article has been updated to reflect that the Biden campaign declined to comment.
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