- JL Partners asked 1000 likely voters nationwide for their 2024 election pick
- The results show Donald Trump extending his lead over Joe Biden
- Biden is losing ground with young women in particular
Donald Trump is extending his lead over Joe Biden, as the contours of next year’s presidential election come into focus.
Trump may face legal jeopardy as he battles a string of court cases but he now leads Biden by four points in the latest Dailymail.com/J.L. Partners poll.
The results show the former president winning over independent voters while Biden has seen his support fall within his own party and among women.
The numbers will reignite debate about whether or not Biden, 81, can generate enough excitement among Democrats to make good on his promise that he is the best candidate to beat Trump, 77.
And it comes after a separate DailyMail.com poll showed he was losing to Trump in two out of three key battleground states.
To look at the overall national picture, J.L. Partners surveyed 984 likely voters using landline and cellphone calls, as well as SMS messages and smartphone apps.
When asked who they would vote for if the election were tomorrow, 40 percent of respondents picked Trump and 36 percent chose Biden.
Independents Robert Kennedy Jr. and Cornell West won 4 percent and one percent respectively, while Green candidate Jill Stein’s share was rounded down to zero.
That leaves much to play for. Some 18 percent said they were still undecided or wanted a different candidate.
And the poll went into the field before Colorado’s supreme court added another twist, disqualifying the former president from the state’s Republican primary.
Even so, James Johnson, co-founder of J.L. Partners, said Trump was on the up and up.
‘Voters might think Trump is guilty of the charges he has put to him, including a sizeable chunk of Republicans, but his record in his first term means he is still attracting support,’ he said.
‘But look closer and it becomes clear that Trump’s lead is more because of Biden weakness than Trump strength.