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Another new survey is good news for former President Donald Trump, who managed to lock up the 2024 GOP nomination after a series of state primaries on Tuesday.
Americans have greater trust in Trump to lead the United States as commander in chief than President Joe Biden, according to a new ABC/Ipsos poll, which found that Trump received 36 percent to Biden’s 33 percent, though 30 percent were undecided.
In addition, Fox News reported, citing the survey’s results, more respondents said they believe Trump would better handle the most important issues facing the country than Biden.
“Specifically, more respondents approved of Trump’s handling of inflation, crime, the southern border crisis, gun violence, and the economy over that of the current administration,” the report said, citing the survey.
Regarding immigration, a pivotal issue leading into 2024, 45 percent of respondents expressed approval of how Trump handled the matter while he was president, whereas only 29 percent supported how Biden is managing the crisis at the southern border.
Just 37 percent of respondents expressed approval of Biden’s handling of the economy, while 49 percent stated they approved of the way Trump managed the issue during his presidency.
Biden won more approval than Trump on just two issues – climate change and abortion.
Meanwhile, younger voters have long been supporters of Democrats, for the most part, but in the age of Biden, that appears to be changing.
In yet another survey, Biden is losing younger voters under 30 to Trump ahead of the 2024 elections.
Fox News published a poll on Sunday that found 51 percent of voters younger than 30 years old plan to vote for Trump in November, while only 45 percent said they intend to support Biden, Newsweek reported, adding that is a sizeable shift from 2020, when Biden easily won the lion’s share of younger voters.
Biden and Trump are both on track to win their respective presidential primaries, potentially setting the stage for a rematch between them in November. However, recent polls have revealed potentially concerning developments for Biden, indicating fissures within the coalition that propelled him to the White House less than four years ago.
The president is currently grappling with questions regarding his declining support among young voters, a demographic that generally leans progressive but has encountered problems with some of Biden’s policies. Many young voters have also voiced disillusionment with the prospect of a Biden-Trump rematch, calling for a fresh generation of leadership.
Newsweek added:
Some young voters have broken with Biden over his staunch support for Israel in its ongoing war with Hamas while arguing he has not gone far enough on Generation Z’s priorities such as climate change and student loan debt. Meanwhile, Biden’s age, 81, has also become a key campaign issue, though the White House says he remains fit to serve. Trump, 77, has also faced questions about his age and whether his conservative policies may not be in line with young voters’ more progressive views.
“Sunday’s Fox News poll also found Biden’s support slipping among black and Hispanic voters. He won 66 percent of black voters, while 28 percent said they would vote for Trump. Meanwhile, Hispanic voters were nearly split, with 49 percent backing Biden and 48 percent saying they plan to vote for Trump,” Newsweek noted further.
But that said, the Fox News poll is just the latest to show younger voters shifting away from Biden and towards Trump.
Trump, for his part, has continued to woo voting blocs that traditionally lean towards Democrats, and he did so again in a column published last fall aimed at younger voters.
The Newsweek op-ed followed a survey indicating Trump’s increasing support from a younger voting demographic that typically leans towards Democrats more than Biden. In his piece, Trump drew comparisons between the outcomes of his economic policies and those of Biden, contending that young voters fared better under his leadership.
