Trump heads to the witness stand as new polls show him leaping past Biden in key swing states | CNN Politics
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A year away from Election Day 2024, former President Donald Trump is set to testify in a civil fraud trial and separately faces more than 90 criminal charges, setting up the possibility that a convicted felon tops the Republican ticket next November.

A year away from Election Day 2024, former President Donald Trump is set to testify in a civil fraud trial and separately faces more than 90 criminal charges, setting up the possibility that a convicted felon tops the Republican ticket next November.

But it’s President Joe Biden’s political prospects that are plunging.

In another extraordinary twist to a 2024 campaign season that is more notable for court hearings than treks through early voting states, Trump is expected to be called to the witness stand in New York on Monday. This is hardly typical activity during a post-presidency. But Trump was, after all, the most unconventional president.

  • logicbomb@lemmy.world
    293·
    8 months ago

    In Nevada, which Biden narrowly won in 2020, Trump leads 52% to Biden’s 41%. Trump leads in Georgia, a state where he is facing racketeering charges, 49% to Biden’s 43%. The ex-president up 49% to 44% in Arizona, another key state. In Michigan, which Trump won in 2016 and Biden won in 2020, the Republican is up 5 points.

    The poll shows Biden weakening among Black and Hispanic voters. And 71% of those polled said he was too old to be an effective president, while only 39% said the same of Trump – who is 77.

    Spencer Weiss, a Pennsylvania voter quoted by The Times who backed Biden in 2020 but now supports Trump, said: “The world is falling apart under Biden.” He added: “I would much rather see somebody that I feel can be a positive role-model leader for the country. But at least I think Trump has his wits about him.”

    I simply don’t believe that any person could switch from Biden to Trump.

    This voter they spoke to must be lying about supporting Biden in 2020.

    If Trump gains support in a state, it has to be that people moved in or out of the state.

    It could still affect the election, but at least my interpretation would mean that there is some limit to a single person’s stupidity.

    • 520@kbin.social
      13·
      8 months ago

      Don’t get complacent. There are millions of people that buy republican lies hook, line and sinker.

    • normalexit@lemmy.world
      10·
      8 months ago

      Seems to me that people may sit out or vote for a third party candidate given bad choices. I doubt many people switch to Trump from Biden, but going to the polls won’t be exciting.

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      8 months ago

      A record number of people voted in the last election, and both candidates got millions more votes than 2016. And some margins in key states were extremely small. All it would take is a town or two’s worth of voters staying home in order to sway the margin in a bunch of key states.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      8 months ago

      This voter they spoke to must be lying about supporting Biden in 2020.

      Mr. Weiss doesn’t exist. You can trust me… I have a source familiar with the matter!

      (Well, I assume a high probability that he doesn’t exist)

      • logicbomb@lemmy.world
        8·
        8 months ago

        I’ve seen a few times when there were testimonials like this, and when somebody dug into the history of the person, inevitably that person was always a far right winger, and they’re just lying. Although I wouldn’t put making him up past CNN, either.