Trump is losing the lead he built against President Biden; Americans fear an ineffective president.

According to The Gazette (US), former President Donald Trump has lost almost all of his lead to President Joe Biden in a new poll released on April 13.

Ứng cử viên Tổng thống Mỹ 2024 Donald Trump được cho là đang mất dần lợi thế. (Nguồn: The Gazette)

US presidential candidate Donald Trump is reportedly losing ground in the 2024 race. (Source: The Gazette)

Technically, Trump is still leading by one point in the latest New York Times (NYT) and Siena University poll, with 46% of respondents supporting him, compared to 45% for Biden if the election were a simple contest between the two major party candidates. However, these numbers show a narrower gap, significantly closer than previous results, particularly compared to the February poll where Trump was still leading by 5%.

When asked who survey participants would vote for, including third-party candidates, Trump still led by 2% with 42% of the vote compared to Biden's 40%. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was the third-highest-scoring candidate with 2%, and 7% indicated they would not vote.

The close result comes as both campaigns prepare for a tight election in November, expected to take place in several swing states. Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan are among the states that have played a crucial role in recent elections and will also play a crucial role in 2024.

The poll showed that more than half of respondents (69%) believe Biden is “too old” to be an effective president, and 48% strongly agree. This compares to only 41% of respondents who believe Trump is too old to be in power, and only 21% strongly agree. Trump is currently 77 but will be 78, while Biden will be 82 when he takes office next January.

The poll results also showed that American public opinion on the state of the country has remained largely unchanged. A majority of voters (64%) still believe the US is headed in the wrong direction, support for President Biden remains low (38% support, 59% disapprove), while assessments of the economy remain poor (79% rate the current economic situation as fair or poor).

The New York Times-Siena released the new poll results as President Biden prepared to campaign across the battleground state of Pennsylvania to highlight the economic differences with former President Trump, emphasizing his plan to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations. In recent weeks, President Biden's campaign has focused on positive economic points, such as low unemployment, rising wages, and declining inflation from its record high in 2022.

Meanwhile, former President Trump also focused on economic issues during his campaign. At a recent campaign fundraising event in Florida, Trump declared that, if re-elected, one of his core priorities would be to expand the extensive tax cuts approved by Republicans in Congress in 2017.

According to the plan, former President Trump will attend a campaign rally and fundraising event in Pennsylvania as he prepares to appear in court on April 15th to face charges of paying a bribe to silence a pornographic film star.

The poll results also showed that 54% of voters said they felt Trump had committed serious federal crimes, while 37% felt he had not. These figures remained virtually unchanged from the February poll.

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