{"id":814,"date":"2023-08-28T10:59:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T16:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/?p=814"},"modified":"2023-08-28T10:59:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T16:59:21","slug":"emerson-trump-leading-biden-by-two-pts-after-ga-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/emerson-trump-leading-biden-by-two-pts-after-ga-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerson: Trump Leading Biden by Two Pts after GA Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite being indicted for the fourth time last week, President Donald Trump has gained ground in a head-to-head matchup with President Joe Biden. In a new Emerson Poll, Trump now leads by by two points, 46%-44%. In their last poll, Trump and Biden were tied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 NATIONAL POLL: Emerson (A-)<br> <br>PRES:<br>(R) Trump 46% (+2)<br>(D) Biden 44%<br>.<br>(R) Trump 44% (+5)<br>(D) Biden 39%<br>(G) West 4%<br>\u2014\u2014<br>GOP PRES: <br>Trump 50% (+38)<br>DeSantis 12%<br>Ramaswamy 9%<br>Pence 7%<br>Haley 7%<br>Christie 5%<br>Scott 2%<br>\u2014\u2014<br>8\/25-26 | 1,000 RV | D37\/R36\/I27<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8BAdtIu6ap\">https:\/\/t.co\/8BAdtIu6ap<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z9dwhEgrRM\">pic.twitter.com\/Z9dwhEgrRM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAPolls2022\/status\/1696121453152817437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In a hypothetical matchup between Trump and Biden, 46% would vote for Trump and 44% Biden. Ten percent are undecided. With Green Party candidate Cornel West added to the ballot test, 44% support Trump, 39% Biden, 4% West, and 13% are undecided.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDespite losing ground in the Republican Primary, support for Donald Trump in a hypothetical matchup against Joe Biden increased two points since last week\u2019s poll,\u201d Kimball said. \u201cCornel West continues to draw support from 7% of independents, 8% from Black voters, and 7% from Hispanics, key demographics that drove Biden\u2019s 2020 victory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless of which candidate voters support, 39% expect Biden to be president after the 2024 election, while 37% expect Donald Trump to be president. A quarter of voters (25%) expect someone else to be president.\u00a0. . . .<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/august-2023-national-poll-trump-debate-snub-may-open-door-for-other-candidates\/\">EMERSON POLLING<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite being indicted for the fourth time last week, President Donald Trump has gained ground in a head-to-head matchup with President Joe Biden. In a new Emerson Poll, Trump now leads by by two points, 46%-44%. In their last poll, Trump and Biden were tied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-30","category-polls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":815,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions\/815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}