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Trump is Leading Biden in Swing State Polling.

Are Democrats worried yet?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJul 4, 2023
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Ever since it looked like the dreaded Trump vs. Biden rematch was going to become our next general election reality, I’ve had the impression that Democrats were getting a little bit too comfortable. While I would definitely consider Biden the favorite in 2024, it’s been clear that Democrats are far too confident considering just how close the poll numbers are. If they thought the news of two indictments would be enough to put this election to bed before it really even got started, it appears as though they were unfortunately yet predictably mistaken.

Trump is now not only ahead of Biden in some general election polls, he’s now ahead in swing states specifically.

Ewan Palmer with Newsweek writes:

“Donald Trump has a significant lead over President Joe Biden in key swing states heading into the 2024 presidential election, according to a poll.

An Echelon Insights survey of 1,020 likely voters show that 48 percent of those in battleground states said they would definitely or probably vote for the Republican who is the favorite to clinch the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, compared to 41 percent who said they would back Biden…

…Elsewhere, the Echelon Insights survey shows that Biden would…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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