According to a New York Times/Siena College poll released on Saturday, the margin between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden is narrowing.
The NYT reported that Trump holds a one-point lead over Biden, drawing 46% support in the poll compared to 45% for the incumbent president. Biden previously trailed Trump by 5% in a March 2 NYT poll.
Trump’s lead grows to 2% over Biden when Green Party candidate Jill Stein and independent candidates Cornel West and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are included, according to the poll.
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The NYT reported that Biden's support from traditional Democratic voters improved, with him winning 89% of his 2020 supporters compared to the 83% noted in the March poll.
According to the NYT, only 25% of those contacted in the poll said the country was on the right track, compared to 64% who told pollsters the country was on the wrong track.
Thirty-eight percent of voters approved of Biden’s job performance, while 34% approved of Biden’s handling of the economy.
Biden also drew high disapproval on several issues, with 64% disapproving of his handling of immigration, 55% disapproving of his handling of law and order and 61% who disapproved of how he has addressed foreign conflicts. Voters gave Trump a 64% approval rating on the economy, 50% approval on immigration, 48% on handling foreign conflicts and 51% on law and order.
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Other polls have shown Biden losing support among key groups that fueled his 2020 election win.
Trump currently leads Biden by 0.2% in the RealClearPolitics average of general election polls from March 21 to April 11 for a head-to-head matchup. Trump’s lead grows to 1.8% when Stein, West and Kennedy are included.
The poll consisted of 1,059 registered voters and was conducted April 7 to 11. It has an overall margin of error of 3.7%.
The Trump and Biden campaigns did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
First published by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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