The latest polling data for the 2024 presidential election put former President Donald Trump just ahead of President Joe Biden, continuing the recent trend of a close general election rematch between the two.
Trump, who left the White House in 2021, is ahead of Biden by 4%, with Trump scoring 44% of the vote from respondents against Biden’s 40%, according to the most recent Harvard-Harris poll. When running against Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump performed a little better at 46% when compared to Harris’s 40%,
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A majority of the respondents, 58%, expressed concern regarding whether Biden was mentally able to serve as president, which has been a growing concern for many in light of the president turning 81 years-old in November. Additionally, Biden scored low in the approval rating of his handling of issues impacting the United States, including a score of 35% on his handling of inflation.
In the hypothetical scenario of Trump not running in 2024, 23% of respondents in the poll said they would vote for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ®, who is considered by …