By Dave Workman
Editor-in-Chief
Joe Biden is in trouble, and not just because of his son’s legal problems.
New polling shows the Delaware Democrat trailing former President Donald Trump by up to 11 points in certain key states, and Biden is also facing a looming popularity of third party candidates including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
USA Today is reporting on the 2024 contest noting how Trump is “leading Biden in North Carolina by 11 points, Georgia by seven points, Wisconsin by six points, Nevada by five points, Michigan by four points, Arizona by three points and Pennsylvania by one point.”
According to The Hill, the Morning Consult and Bloomberg News poll “found Biden is trailing the former president by an average of 5.28 percentage points in the seven swing states surveyed.”
On top of that, the newest Rasmussen survey says, “in a two-way contest between Biden and Trump, 48% of Likely U.S. Voters would choose Trump and 38% would vote for Biden.”
The Bloomberg/Morning News poll was conducted from Nov. 27 to Dec. 6 and has a margin of error +/- three percentage points. The Rasmussen survey Dec. 6-7, also with a +/- three percentage point margin of error, and with a 95% level of confidence.
Both surveys also revealed growing interest in third party candidates, especially Kennedy, with Cornel West and Jill Stein also mentioned. The Hill noted Kennedy garnered support from “roughly 1 in 10 voters,” while 1-2 percent of voters in each swing state backed West and 1-3 percent support Stein.
Then comes Rasmussen reporting that in a three-way match, 40 percent of likely voters would go for Trump, 32 percent would vote for Biden and 16 percent would swing for Kennedy. Last month, Rasmussen noted, Kennedy was pulling 12 percent, indicating that his star is gradually rising while Biden’s seems to be fading.
To solidify that impression, Rasmussen’s Daily Presidential Tracking Poll released its latest numbers showing only 24 percent of likely voters “strongly approve” of the job Biden is doing while 46 percent “strongly disapprove.”
Biden immediately declared war on American gun owners when he was on the campaign trail in 2020, and he has been accused of weaponizing the FBI, IRS and BATF against gun owners and dealers.
On the other hand, Trump during and after his presidency almost invariably mentions his support for the Second Amendment during his rallies, and he filled some 300 federal court vacancies, including three spots on the U.S. Supreme Court, with conservative judges and justices, leading to many new pro-rights court decisions, especially after the high court’s 2022 Second Amendment ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which struck down New York State’s unconstitutional concealed carry law.
Another bad sign for Biden is that with each new attack on Trump, including the criminal charges against him, the former president’s polling numbers go up, rather than down.
