President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump would be dead even in a hypothetical election contest, according to a new poll from The New York Times and Siena College.
Biden and Trump both garnered 43% support from registered voters in the survey, previewing yet another tight presidential contest, while 4% of voters said they would back another candidate and 6% said they wouldn’t vote at all.
Biden appears to be solidifying his standing among members of his own party, gaining ground compared to a previous survey last year that showed most Democrats favored a different candidate for their presidential nominee. Still, only 64% of Democratic primary voters said they would back Biden in next year’s contest ― a relatively low number for an incumbent ― while 13% favored conspiracy theorist and vaccine hater Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
And right now, only 83% of Democrats plan to vote for him in November 2024, while 88% of Republicans plan to back Trump. Biden has a slim 42% to…