Following the conviction of former President Trump in a trial in New York City last week, and just five months until the November general election, the first major polls in battleground states have revealed one candidate with a solid lead.
Georgia voters support Trump 49% to 44% in a head-to-head matchup between him and Biden, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. The poll was conducted after former President Biden's highly publicized and heavily scrutinized conviction on 34 charges of falsifying business records.
Trump's lead over Biden widened to six points (43% to 37%) with the addition of independent presidential candidates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (8%) and Cornel West (3%), Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver (3%) and Green Party candidate Jill Stein (2%).
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Former President Trump, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and President Biden. (Getty Images)
The vote from the all-important independent voter was evenly split between Trump and Biden, with 45% each.
Fifty percent favor convicting Trump and 44% oppose it, but 54% say the verdict would not affect their vote, 23% say it would make them more likely to vote for the former president, and only 22% say the verdict would make them less likely to vote for Trump, most of them Democrats.
Just 18% of independents and 5% of Republicans said the ruling made them less likely to support Trump.
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Former President Trump attended UFC 302, which will be held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on June 1, 2024. (Jeff Botali/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
When it comes to Trump's election interference in Fulton County, a majority (54%) believe he did nothing wrong, but 25% think he acted unethically, and 41% think he did.
Trump leads Biden by double digits when it comes to which candidate would better address voters' top issues in the campaign, including immigration (56% to 39%), the economy (58% to 38%), the Israel-Hamas war (53% to 39%) and the Russia-Ukraine war (54% to 41%).
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Voters also believe Trump is the best candidate to protect democracy (49% to 46%), but Biden has a slight advantage on the issue of abortion (47% to 45%).
Biden's approval rating in Georgia was 36% and his disapproval rating was 60%.
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