Julia Johnson is a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner, where she also worked as a trending news editor. She was born and raised in New Jersey before earning her bachelor's in political science in 2021 from the University of South Carolina, with a minor in mass communications.
Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are tied in a new 2024 general election poll, with independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pulling away double the amount of Republican voters as Democrats.
In a new USA Today / Suffolk University poll, Biden and Trump received 37% each, while RFK Jr. drew 13%. When independent candidates aren't considered at all in the matchup, the two men most likely to be their parties' nominees are tied at 41% each.While many have speculated as to whether Kennedy would attract more Democrats or Republicans, the new survey indicates the latter.
Progressive activist Cornel West is also campaigning for president in 2024, and he is expected to run as an independent. In the survey, he garnered 4% of the vote. Those who supported him said they would have chosen Biden if West were not included. Without Kennedy on the ballot, Trump would beat Biden 41% to 39%, and West would increase to 7%. However, if West wasn't in the race, Biden would defeat Trump by just 1 percentage point, 38% to 37%, with Kennedy at 14%.As for the Republican primary race, Trump's lead over his competitors continues to expand in the months leading up to Iowa's first-in-the-nation Republican caucuses. The former president maintains support from more than half of Republican primary voters at 58%.
The new survey shows Gov. Ron DeSantis , who has long been seen as the only challenger to Trump in the race, dropping from 23% in June to just 12%. Conversely, former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has climbed since the June benchmark, from 4% to 11% — just 1 point behind DeSantis. Every other candidate failed to break 3%.
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