Polling numbers in the 2024 presidential race are not only fanning the flames of panic in Democrats, many now seem to fear a decisive victory for the Republican nominee.
CNN’s John King could do nothing to sugarcoat the stunning poll results that show former President Donald Trump is not only leading President Joe Biden, but he has the potential to keep growing his support.
“Well, the latest polls show Trump is slightly ahead of Biden in all these key battleground states,” anchor Wolf Blitzer said Tuesday as King prepared to report.
“The state of the race on night two of the Republican convention is Donald Trump is leading in this race. Significantly,” King began, “if you look deep into the polling, he has a chance to build on it.”
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King took a look at the latest polls that spelled “bad news” for Biden.
“New numbers out today. More bad news for the president. Well, let’s look through it,” he continued, showing a 2020 map where “Biden won a pretty convincing win, 306 to 232.”
“This is the map as it fills in. Remember the ‘then’ when you look at the ‘now’ because the difference is striking. This is how our CNN political unit, led by David Chalian, projects the race right now. And right now: deep red, solid Republican, light red, lean Republican. If this map played out and the election were today and the map played out like this, even if the tossups went blue, Donald Trump would win the election,” King explained.
“Donald Trump would win the election, but the map is even more favorable to Donald Trump,” he continued.
“If you look through this new polling today, it’s a small lead. But Donald Trump is leading in Pennsylvania right now. Donald Trump is leading in Wisconsin right now. Donald Trump is leading in Arizona right now. And Donald Trump, most believe, right now has the lead in Nebraska too. Nebraska, like Maine, rewards electoral votes by congressional district,” King went on, showing how Trump could reach 303 electoral votes while noting Biden’s low approval rating in those battleground states.
King broke the news that he believed it was “very hard” for Biden to “turn that around” in the short time before the election. The look on Blitzer’s face through the report spoke volumes about the worry.
“Plus, Democrats are now worried, they think I’m not saying this is going to happen, but what they’re saying is the president’s going to have to spend more time and more resources on places like Virginia because it’s competitive in places like New Hampshire because it’s competitive… There are Democrats making the case that Donald Trump is on a viable path, as of today, to get to 330 electoral votes, Wolf, or even higher or even higher because they see other states in here,” King said, dropping another bombshell.
“But the president’s standing, his approval rating, his ballot number, people’s views about how old he is and people who view people who view the state of the economy are very bad for the president right now. And so even if you just go back to where we started, Donald Trump is in command,” King added.
“The numbers are getting worse for the president, Wolf. And Donald Trump has an opportunity with this convention to build it even more,” he declared.
CNN’s Political Director David Chalian believed “without question” Trump would win the election if it were held today, adding that the current projections not only show Trump’s “dominance” but also the “narrow path” for a Biden victory.
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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