New poll shows Biden winning this key swing state by 10 points after First Lady snapped ‘No he’s not losing’ and president accused media of not reporting surveys in which he is beating Trump
Joe Biden is leading Trump by double-digits in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, where he was born, according to a new poll.
It was a rare piece of good polling news for he president after recent surveys showed him trailing Donald Trump in a host of swing states.
The Franklin & Marshall College Poll out Thursday shows Biden at 48 percent among registered voters in Pennsylvania and Trump on 38 percent.
It came a day after First Lady Jill Biden pushed back that her husband is trailing Trump in crucial states.
‘No, he’s not losing in all the battleground states,’ she told CBS Mornings in a sit-down interview on Wednesday.
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at a campaign event in Wallingford, PA on March 8
Trump speaking at an NRA presidential forum on February 9 in Harrisburg, PA
Pennsylvania is one of the biggest battlegrounds of the 2024 presidential cycle.
When the latest poll includes third party candidates however, the race is much closer.
Biden polls at 42 percent to Trump’s 40 percent. Robert Kennedy Jr. polls at 9 percent while Jill Stein polls at 3 percent.
Biden won the state by just over 80,000 votes in 2020.
The poll found Pennsylvania registered voters believe Biden better understands the concerns of ordinary Americans over Trump 41 to 37 percent.
It also found Biden to be more honest and trustworthy 43 percent to Trump’s 28 percent and has the character and good judgement to be president 44 to 31 percent.
However, 40 percent also said Biden, 81, was too old to serve while only 6 percent said Trump, 77, was too old to serve. Another 40 percent said both are too old to serve.
Jill Biden announced the first ever state dinner for teachers
Trump is ahead of Biden in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada and Pennsylvania, while the two are tied in Wisconsin when it’s just Trump and Biden on the ballot
On the issues, Biden was viewed as the candidate with the closest views on abortion, the top issue in the state in the midterms, and same-sex marriage to voters in the state 48 percent to 35 percent.
But Trump did better on handling the economy 48 percent to 39 percent. He also is seen as the candidate with better handling of the job as commander in chief of the military 43 to 41 percent.
While the Franklin & Marshall poll showed Biden with a sizable lead in the state, several other polls conducted in Pennsylvania in March showed the race tied or Trump with a slight edge.
The latest poll out of Pennsylvania was released a day after First Lady Jill Biden pushed back that her husband is trailing Trump in key battleground states.
‘No, he’s not losing in all the battleground states,’ she told CBS Mornings in a sit-down interview.
A Wall Street Journal poll found Biden losing to Trump in six out of seven battleground states on Wednesday including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina , Nevada and Pennsylvania. They were tied in Wisconsin.
‘I feel that Joe will be re-elected,’ the first lady said. ‘He’s coming up even or doing better. So you know what, once people start to focus in and they see their two choices, it’s obvious that Joe will win this election.’
President Biden has rejected poll numbers saying it’s too early to believe them.
He has also accused the media of not reporting on polls that are favorable to him.
‘While we probably haven’t read a lot about it, in the last few days, there have been several national polls showing us leading now,’ Biden said during a campaign stop last week in Raleigh, NC.
