The latest polls ahead of the 2024 presidential election show just how tight the race remains between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
A national poll of registered voters by Marquette Law School shows Biden and Trump tied at 50% each in two-candidate races. Trump has a slight lead in five-candidate races, with Biden receiving 40% to 37%, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. receiving 17%, and Jill Stein and Cornel West each receiving 3%. The 50-50 split in the May poll is exactly the same as the March result between the top two candidates, pollsters said.
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The poll results are sharply split along party lines. 94% of Republicans say they would support Trump, while 90% of Democrats say they would vote for Biden. Independents remain divided, with 57% favoring Biden in a two-way race to 43% favoring Trump. Of the five candidates, Kennedy received the most support among independents with 39%, compared with 29% for Biden and 15% for Trump. Stein and West received the support of 8% and 10% of independents, respectively.
Trump slightly outperformed Biden in terms of favorability, with 41% saying they had a favorable impression of the former president and 39% saying they had a favorable impression of Biden.
The Marquette University Law School poll was conducted May 6-15 among 902 registered voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 percentage points.
