Donald Trump leads rival Joe Biden by five points in New York Times poll

Donald Trump’s supporters continue to vote for him like four years earlier, while the outgoing president is losing popularity.

A hard blow for the Democratic camp. Joe Biden is losing ground against his Republican rival Donald Trump, who is ahead of him by five points in a poll published on Saturday, March 2, by the American daily New York Times. It shows “alarming signals” for the current American president among some Democratic voters.

The publication of this poll comes eight months before the November election, and four days before “Super Tuesday”, a crucial meeting during which 15 states simultaneously organize their Democratic and Republican primaries. Joe Biden and Donald Trump are almost guaranteed to be nominated by their respective parties.

If voters were to vote today to elect their president, 43% would vote for Joe Biden, compared to 48% for Donald Trump, according to this national poll carried out by the New York Times and Siena College University.

The Republican Party presents a “more united” camp

The 81-year-old Democratic president may insist, with supporting figures, that the economy is doing well, “only one in four voters think the country is moving in the right direction”with “a majority of voters (Who) think the economy is bad”, according to the newspaper. Lthis survey reveals “a series of alarming signals for the president regarding weaknesses within the Democratic camp, particularly among women, black and Latino voters”as well as some of the workers.

Despite his numerous legal setbacks, Donald Trump’s control over the Republican Party on the contrary gives a camp “more united” : the ex-president “won 97% of the votes of those who said they voted for him four years ago, and virtually none of his former supporters said they wanted to vote for Joe Biden”. Conversely, “Joe Biden only receives 83% of his 2020 voters, with 10% of them saying they now support Donald Trump”added the New York Times.