Amid the 2024 election, former President Donald Trump received a confidence boost among Republicans, according to a new poll released Tuesday.
Trump and President Joe Biden became their respective party's presumptive 2024 presidential candidates earlier this year following a string of primary victories, likely setting up a rematch of the fiercely contested 2020 election. Polls have shown that the results will be tight, as the men are statistically tied or having only marginal leads in most surveys.
A new poll released by CNN on Tuesday conducted by SSRS shows 83 percent of Republican-aligned voters now say that the GOP has a better shot to win with Trump as its nominee. This shows a boost in support, as 72 percent felt that way in January.
The poll, with a sample of 1,274 adults drawn from a probability-based panel, including 1,045 registered voters, was conducted from June 28 to June 30 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percent.
According to the poll, Trump is also leading in favor over Biden by 6 points, as 49 percent of voters nationwide backed Trump while 43 percent supported Biden. The findings produced identical results to CNN's April national poll on the presidential race.
Newsweek has reached out to Trump and Biden's campaigns via email for comment on Tuesday.
Biden's support among Democratic voters has also swelled to 91 percent compared to 85 percent in April.
The poll, however, found that 56 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning registered voters say the party has a better shot at the presidency with someone other than Biden, while 43 percent say the party stands a better chance with him. This is an increase from January when 53 percent felt the party would have a better shot with someone other than Biden and 46 percent felt more confident with Biden.
The divide among Democrats comes after Trump and Biden participated in the first presidential debate of this year's election cycle on Thursday, which was hosted by CNN in Atlanta. Amid mounting concerns about Biden's age and mental acuity, Democrats hoped for a youthful and energetic performance when the president took the debate stage. However, during the debate, the 81-year-old rambled through his administration's current accomplishments and goals. A Biden aide told Newsweek late Thursday night that the president was battling a cold during the debate.
The president's debate performance has sparked concerns among some members of the Democratic Party about his ability to serve a second term in the White House and to consider replacing him as nominee. There is no indication of who would be proposed as an alternative and Biden's campaign has not signaled stepping down.
According to Tuesday's poll, in a hypothetical matchup, Vice President Kamala Harris is in a position to potentially beat Trump, with 45 percent of registered voters in support of Harris versus Trump's 47 percent.
Harris has the support of 50 percent of female voters in a hypothetical clash with Trump, while Biden has 44 percent in a rematch with the former president. Harris also has 43 percent support from independents versus Biden's 34 percent.
The poll also points to a rising number of independents saying they do not plan to vote or who choose neither candidate, which has grown from 15 percent to 21 percent.
Biden and Trump are expected to face off in a second debate on September 10, which will be hosted by ABC News.
According to FiveThirtyEight's national aggregator poll, Trump is leading Biden nationally by 1.4 points as of Tuesday afternoon, 41.8 percent to 40.4 percent.
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