New polling shows voters have greater trust in former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden to handle several key concerns heading into the 2024 election.
While a new ABC News/Ipsos poll shows Biden and Trump are still neck-and-neck, Trump leads Biden concerning the three topics listed as most important to voters: the economy, inflation, and safety from crime.
Sunday marks the six-month countdown from the upcoming presidential election, which is scheduled to be held on Nov. 5. Trump and Biden are expected to run against each other for a second time, as Trump is currently the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party.
As it stands, the survey found among all its recipients that 46% are planning to vote for Trump, versus 44% who say they’re planning to vote for Biden. Meanwhile, 46% of registered voters said they are planning to vote for Biden, just ahead of the 45% who plan to vote for Trump.
In addition to the economy, inflation, and crime, other topics voters indicated greater trust in Trump regarding include immigration along the southern border, gun violence, the country’s standing in the world, and the war between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group.
Biden is more trusted than Trump when it comes to the topics of healthcare and abortion access, the latter of which many are expecting to be a major voting motivator due to 2024 being the first presidential election since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Among recipients of this poll, however, abortion access was listed as only the ninth most important topic.
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While Trump is facing numerous legal battles amid his campaign for president, 80% of poll respondents said they would still vote for him should he be convicted of criminal charges, with 16% saying they would reconsider their support and 4% saying they would no longer support him.
The poll was conducted among 2,260 respondents from April 25 through April 30, with partisan divisions among respondents at 31% Democrat, 29% Republican, and 28% Independent. The data’s margin of error was 2%.
