Trump and Biden tied in hypothetical 2024 rematch: poll

The Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) have placed ads in North Carolina and in Florida – a state most recently won by a Democrat on the presidential level in 2012. Barack Obama also won it in 2008, taking it back for Democrats after two straight wins in the state for President George W Bush.

An amendment to restore abortion rights in the Sunshine State could be on the ballot in 2024. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the main rival for the Republican presidential nomination to former President Donald Trump, has recently signed a six-week ban on abortions.

This week in Ohio, now widely considered to have gone from a purple to a red state, voters rejected a proposal intended to limit abortion rights. Some in Mr Biden’s circle now hope that the state could possibly be in play.

Mr Obama won the state twice, as did Mr Bush and Mr Trump.

Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers and a Biden ally, told Politico: “I never count out Ohio”.

“What you saw [this week] in terms of Ohio is that fairness won out,” she added.

While many working on getting President Joe Biden reelected in 2024 think the road to victory looks similar to 2020, some see fresh pathways to remaining in the White House for another four years.

Behind that optimism is the steadfast focus of many voters on abortion rights following the fall of Roe v Wade last year.

The main path to a win is seen as going through the so-called blue wall – the Rust Belt states such as Pennsylvania and Michigan – as well as once again attempting to win states that have recently become more winnable for Democrats such as Georgia and Arizona.

But aides to Mr Biden are now working on winning back territory not won by Democrats in a decade or more.

A top comeback opportunity in North Carolina, a state not won by Democrats on the presidential level since President Barack Obama won it in 2008.

A 12-week ban on abortion has gone into effect in the state over the objections of Democratic Governor Roy Cooper, who was overruled after vetoing the bill.

An anonymous Biden campaign official told Politico that it would be “crazy” not to go for North Carolina since Mr Biden lost it by a single percentage point in 2020.

A national poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University shows Mr Trump still “well in the lead” in the GOP primary.

Professor of Government and Politics at FDU and poll director Dan Cassino told NorthJersey.com that “Trump is still well in the lead. But that doesn’t mean that his legal problems aren’t hurting him”.

Mr Trump received 58 per cent in the poll while Mr DeSantis received 15 per cent and Mr Christie and Mr Pence received five per cent.

Prof Cassino said Mr Trump is “sucking all of the air out of the room”.

He added that “criticisms of Trump have gotten Christie and Pence a lifeline, but so far, it’s not enough”.

Forty-eight per cent of Trump supporters said they would consider backing someone else.

While only 17 per cent of GOP primary voters think the indictments against Mr Trump, within that group, Mr Christie is in the lead with 25 per cent. Mr DeSantis received 19 per cent with his cohort and Mr Pence 16 per cent.

But 10 per cent said that they would support Mr Trump even if they agreed that the charges against him are correct.

“Christie is doing a great job of reaching Republicans who think that Trump did crimes,” Prof Cassino added. “The problem is that there just aren’t enough yet of them to win a Republican primary.”

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is in second place with 15.6 per cent.

Meanwhile, 55.1 per cent disapprove of the president.

The last time more Americans approved than disapproved of Mr Biden was in August 2021.

President Joe Biden faces no real threats on his path to the Democratic presidential nomination in 2024.

Ms Williamson doesn’t have sufficient support to appear in FiveThirtyEight’s average of national primary polls, while Mr Kennedy receives 15.2 per cent.

Mr Biden was at 64.3 per cent as of 8 August.

A national poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University shows Mr Trump still “well in the lead” in the GOP primary.

Professor of Government and Politics at FDU and poll director Dan Cassino told NorthJersey.com that “Trump is still well in the lead. But that doesn’t mean that his legal problems aren’t hurting him”.

Mr Trump received 58 per cent in the poll while Mr DeSantis received 15 per cent and Mr Christie and Mr Pence received five per cent.

Prof Cassino said Mr Trump is “sucking all of the air out of the room”.

He added that “criticisms of Trump have gotten Christie and Pence a lifeline, but so far, it’s not enough”.

Forty-eight per cent of Trump supporters said they would consider backing someone else.

While only 17 per cent of GOP primary voters think the indictments against Mr Trump, within that group, Mr Christie is in the lead with 25 per cent. Mr DeSantis received 19 per cent with his cohort and Mr Pence 16 per cent.

But 10 per cent said that they would support Mr Trump even if they agreed that the charges against him are correct.

“Christie is doing a great job of reaching Republicans who think that Trump did crimes,” Prof Cassino added. “The problem is that there just aren’t enough yet of them to win a Republican primary.”

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is in second place with 15.6 per cent.

Meanwhile, 55.1 per cent disapprove.

The last time more Americans approved than disapproved of Mr Biden was in August 2021.

President Joe Biden faces no real threats on his path to the Democratic presidential nomination in 2024.

Ms Williamson doesn’t have sufficient support to appear in FiveThirtyEight’s average of national primary polls, while Mr Kennedy receives 15.2 per cent.

Mr Biden was at 64.3 per cent as of 8 August.