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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
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Donald Trump and Joe Biden remain in a close race for president, with 46% of registered voters nationwide favoring Trump and 45% favoring Biden, according to a new New York Times/Siena College poll. It turned out that there was no leader. Contest.
This is a closer race compared to the previous Times/Siena poll in late February, when Trump had a 5-point lead, but including the latest poll, 48% support each candidate. That's in line with the current CNN polling average. As of the last Times/Siena poll, the average poll was 48% for Trump and 46% for Biden, and compared to this specific polling change, the overall change in the race since early March This suggests that the change in perspective was more narrow.
The survey found that little has changed in how people view the current state of the country. Most voters still say the United States is heading in the wrong direction (64%), and Biden's approval ratings remain highly negative (38% approve, 59% disapprove). And the economy is rated far worse than good (79% rate the economic situation as only fair or poor).
The poll aims to contrast Biden with Trump on the economic front, focusing on his plans to increase taxes on wealthy Americans and large corporations as he prepares to campaign in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. It was done during the. His team has highlighted what appears to be positive signs for the economy, including low unemployment, rising wages and a downward trend in overall inflation from its highest point in the beginning of his administration.
Meanwhile, the former president is also focusing on his own economic plans during his campaign. President Trump raised $50.5 million at a recent fundraiser in Florida, telling the audience that one of his core issues in his second term is to extend the massive tax cuts approved by Congressional Republicans in 2017. he said.
Trump is also scheduled to attend a campaign rally and donor event in Pennsylvania on Saturday, but he will begin juggling between the courts and his election trial as his criminal hush money trial begins on Monday.
More broadly, 54% said they felt President Trump had committed serious federal crimes, while 37% said he had not, compared to a February Times/Siena poll. It was almost the same.
