If the 2024 presidential election were held today, former president Donald Trump would win. At least, that’s the conclusion the New York Times comes to after releasing its latest poll with Siena College.
The presumptive Republican nominee leads President Joe Biden 48-43 in a national poll of registered voters. And that’s not even the worst news for Biden. Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News has that
But it’s the “why” behind Biden’s lagging numbers that makes the collapse of his support so easy to explain.
Only one in four voters think the country is moving in the right direction. More than twice as many voters believe Mr. Biden’s policies have personally hurt them as believe his policies have helped them. A majority of voters think the economy is in poor condition. And the share of voters who strongly disapprove of Mr. Biden’s handling of his job has reached 47 percent, higher than…
