Biden lags behind in all of the key battleground states by 4-point average: new poll
President Biden is trailing Donald Trump in all of the most competitive battleground states, according to new polling sponsored by a liberal group.
But the survey notes that a “qualified Democrat younger than Biden” would likely beat Trump 53% to 47%.
On average, Biden is behind Trump by roughly 4 percentage points in the six key states: Pennsylvania (43% to 48%), Georgia (42% to 47%), Michigan (44% to 45%), Arizona (42% to 46%), Wisconsin (44% to 47%) and Nevada (41% to 47%), according to the poll by Emerson College and sponsored by Democrats for the Next Generation.
North Carolina, which is typically also considered a battleground state, was not included in the mix.
The total votes involved 2,560 for the 81-year-old Biden and 2,800 for Trump, 78, meaning the ex-prez garnered a 9.4% higher total vote count.
When asked about the ideal age to serve as president, 5.5% said 30s, 15.8% said 40s, 42.3% said 50s, 26.9% said 60s, and 6.8% said 70s.
A paltry 27% of individuals sampled in the swing states felt that Biden isn’t “too old to be an effective president based on how he did in the debate” June 27 against Trump.
Among those 29 and younger, only 18% felt that way, while 30% of those 65-plus dittoed that.
Democrats have faced a reckoning over Biden’s age after his debate performance, in which he bumbled his way through certain sentences, made several gaffes and appeared to lose his train of thought.
A handful of prominent Democrats have called on him to step aside, contending that another candidate would fare better against Trump. Biden has insisted he will stay in and defeat Trump.
In terms of voter motivation, 17.4% of Democrats said their main reason was liking a candidate, compared to 29.2% of Republicans who said the same.
Meanwhile, 31.2% of Democrats said their motivation was disliking a candidate compared to 16% of Republicans who felt the same way.
Democrats for the Next Generation has publicly highlighted Biden’s pledge to be “a bridge to the next generation of leaders” as the group promotes younger rising stars in the party.
The Biden-vs.-Trump findings corroborate the latest aggregates in RealClearPolitics, which has Trump up by 6.4 points in Arizona, 5.2 points in Nevada, 1 point in Wisconsin, tied in Michigan, up 4.5 points in Pennsylvania, 3.7 points in Georgia and 5.8 points in North Carolina in a five-way race also featuring independent hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Green Party candidate Jill Stein and independent candidate Cornel West.
RCP also has Biden behind Trump (37.6% 42.5%) in a five-way national race.
Biden has shrugged off that bleak polling. Notably, RCP had him leading nationally ahead of the 2020 election.
“Do you think polling data [is] as accurate as it used to be?” Biden asked ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos during an interview Friday when confronted with his subpar standing. “All the pollsters I talk to tell me it’s a toss-up.
“I don’t buy that,” he added of polling showing him down in the national vote.
The Emerson College poll surveyed 1,000 individuals in each of the six states between June 30 and July 2 with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
