Voters trust former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden on ten key issues heading into the 2024 election cycle, a Morning-Consult/Bloomberg poll found Friday.
The polling suggests Biden’s leadership on major policy issues failed to resonate with voters, which could negatively impact his reelection hopes.
U.S. President Joe Biden participates in the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) as part of the U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit at the White House on September 25, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Trump leads Biden among ten top issues:
- Economy. Trump 50 percent, Biden 34 percent
- Infrastructure: Trump 42 percent, Biden 39 percent
- Housing: Trump 39 percent, Biden 38 percent
- Crime: Trump 45 percent, Biden 33 percent
- Immigration: Trump 50 percent, Biden 33 percent
- U.S.-China Relations: Trump 46 percent, Biden 34 percent
- Guns: Trump 42 percent, Biden 36 percent
- Labor and Unions: Trump 40 percent, Biden 39 percent
- Russia-Ukraine War: Trump 45 percent, Biden 34 percent
- Israel-Hamas War: Trump 43 percent, Biden 33 percent
Voters weighted their three top issues, two of which Trump polled over Biden:
- Economy: 40 percent
- Immigration: 12 percent
- Democracy: 8 percent
The poll also found Trump leading Biden by four points when respondents were asked for whom would they vote out of four candidates on a hypothetical ballot:
- Trump: 40 percent
- Biden: 36 percent
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: 11 percent
- Cornel West: 1 percent
If voters were only given two candidates on the ballot, Trump still led by four points:
- Trump: 46 percent
- Biden: 42 percent
The poll sampled 800 registered voters from October 30 – November 5 and has a 3-point margin of error.
The poll comes after a rash of poor polls for the president. A majority of voters said there is no chance they would vote for Biden in 2024, a recent CNN poll found, increasing fear among Democrats that swing voters ignore the president’s talking points.
- 51 percent said there was “no chance” of voting for Biden.
- 45 percent said they were a Biden voter.
- Only 4 percent labeled themselves as a “potential” Biden voter.
In contrast, voters gave former President Donald Trump better marks, suggesting neither candidate has much room for growth:
- Only 48 percent said there is “no chance” of voting for Trump
- 49 percent said they were a Trump voter
- 2 percent labeled themselves a “potential” Trump voter.
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