Trump Leads Biden in Election Rematch
Sudan Events – Sumaya Sayed
Donald Trump leads Democratic President Joe Biden by six percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Americans are unhappy about an election rematch that came into sharper focus following the former president’s New Hampshire victory.
The nationwide poll of 1,250 US adults showed Trump leading Biden 40 percent to 34 percent with the rest unsure or planning to vote for someone else or no one. The poll had a margin of error of three percentage points.
That represented a gain for Trump after a Ipsos poll conducted earlier this month showed him and Biden tied, though a nationwide survey does not capture the subtleties of the electoral college contest that will be decided this fall in just a handful of competitive states.
As Trump handily beat his sole remaining primary challenger, Nikki Haley, some 67 percent of respondents polled Monday through Wednesday said they were “tired of seeing the same candidates in presidential elections and want someone new.” Still, just 18 percent said they would not vote if Biden and Trump were their choice.
The two candidates themselves seem ready for a rematch following Trump’s back-to-back wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, with the White House regarding Trump as a beatable challenger, and Trump fuming because Haley did not immediately drop out of the Republican race.
Trump’s six-point lead held even when respondents were given the option of voting for third-party candidates, including anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with Trump drawing 36 percent support, Biden 30 percent and Kennedy 8 percent.
