Trump leads Biden in Georgia, North Carolina polls
Donald Trump is leading President Biden in both Georgia and North Carolina as voters brace for an increasingly likely rematch between the two men, according to a pair of new polls.
An Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey of Georgia voters released on Wednesday found Trump leading Biden 48 percent to 42 percent, with 11 percent undecided.
When the polling expands to include third-party candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump leads 45 percent to Biden at 36 percent, with Kennedy receiving 6 percent and Cornel West and Jill Stein each receiving less than 2 percent Eleven percent are undecided.
“Biden leads among Black voters, 65% to 20%, with 16% undecided, whereas Trump leads among white voters, 63% to 30%, with 7% undecided,” Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, explained in a press release.
Meanwhile, in a separate Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey of North Carolina voters, Trump leads Biden 47 percent to 44 percent, falling within the margin of error at plus or minus 3 percentage points. Undecided voters make up 10 percent.
When the poll is expanded to include third-party candidates, Trump sits at 46 percent, Biden at 37 percent and Kennedy at 5 percent. Eleven are undecided while West and Stein receive less than 2 percent each.
“A majority of voters under 30 break for President Biden over Trump, 53% to 35%, along with a plurality of voters in their 30s, 47% to 40%. Voters in their 40s are evenly split: 45% support each candidate. Voters over 50 support Trump over Biden, 52% to 40%,” explained Kimball.
The 2024 election is steadily inching toward another matchup between Trump and Biden, though former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is insisting she's not leaving the race, telling supporters in Greenville, S.C., on Tuesday, “I’m not going anywhere.”
Both Georgia and North Carolina will play key roles in determining the presidency this fall, though North Carolina has trended more Republican in recent years.
The Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey of Georgia voters was conducted between Feb. 14 and Feb. 16 with 1,000 registered voters. The margin of error for the Georgia survey is plus or minus 3 percentage points. The Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey of North Carolina voters was also conducted between Feb. 14 and Feb. 16 with 1,000 registered voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.