Trump would BEAT Joe Biden if presidential election was held today, new poll finds
Former President Donald Trump would beat President Joe Biden if a presidential election were held today, a poll has found, as Biden's approval rating continues to drop in the wake of the nation's withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Released by Emerson College Polling, voters were asked which candidate they favor if Biden and Trump hypothetically became the eventual nominees in 2024.
According to the poll - conducted between August 30 and September 1 - Trump is slightly favored with 47%, while Biden is favored at 46%.
Released by Emerson College Polling , voters were asked which candidate they favored if Biden and Trump hypothetically became the eventual nominees in 2024
Among Democrats, 60% of voters said they would like to see Biden as the 2024 presidential nominee, while 39% said they would rather it be someone else.
As for Republicans, 67% of voters said they would vote for Trump in a hypothetical Republican primary with 7 additional candidates, including Governor Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence.
When Trump was excluded from the race, Republican voters favored DeSantis at 32%, with Pence coming in second at 24%.
According to the poll - conducted between August 30 and September 1 - Trump is slightly favored with 47%, while Biden is favored at 46%.
Among Democrats, 60% of voters said they would like to see President Biden as the 2024 presidential nominee, while 39% said they would rather it be someone else.
Voters were also asked who they believe held the most accountability for the war in Afghanistan, with 49% of voters choosing former President George W. Bush.
Biden came in second at 24%, while 18% of voters chose Barack Obama.
Only 10% of voters believe Trump held the most accountability for the war in Afghanistan.
When comparing responsibility and the outcome of the war, 68% of voters who hold Biden responsible for the war believe the US lost the war, whereas 57% of those who hold Trump most responsible for the war believe the US won the war.
According to a new poll, only 25 percent of Americans said they support President Joe Biden' s handling of the situation in Afghanistan , while a vast percent disapproved
But just two weeks before Biden's withdrawal deadline, the Taliban seized near total control of Afghanistan last Sunday, taking the U.S completely off guard.
In an NBC News poll conducted in August, only 25 percent of Americans said they support Biden's handling of the situation in Afghanistan, while a vast percent disapproved.
The poll was conducted from August 14 to 17, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percent.
Of the one thousand U.S. adults interviewed for the survey, 60 percent of individuals said they disapproved of the president's actions when it came to withdrawing troops from Afghanistan after two decades of conflict.
According to the poll, the president's overall approval rating dipped to from 53% to 49%.
Paired with the country's split views on COVID-19 vaccines, many believe it was a summer of discontent for the president.
