Poll shows Biden opening lead on Trump in Pennsylvania

Good economic news may be having an impact on the incumbent’s chances

  

JONATHAN D. SALANT

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

jsalant@post-gazette.com

 

JAN 24, 2024

 

8:15 AM

WASHINGTON — A poll released Tuesday shows the first daylight between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.

The Susquehanna Polling and Research survey, released on the day of the New Hampshire primary, gave Mr. Biden a 7.5-point lead over Mr. Trump, 46.8% to 39.3%, in the most populous swing state. That was just outside the poll’s margin of error of 3.7 percentage points.

Mr. Biden held a three-point lead in a Quinnipiac University poll released earlier this month, and even a slighter one-point lead in a Muhlenberg College survey released in December. Those leads all fell within the polls’ margins of error.

The Susquehanna poll says Mr. Trump is underperforming among Republicans because of the intraparty fight. The New Hampshire primary pit Mr. Trump against former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, the last remaining primary challenger to the former president. Mr. Trump was declared the winner of the New Hampshire primary by a 55%-44% margin.

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