Donald Trump: June Fox News poll results reveal Biden is ahead of him by 2 points

Donald Trump is currently running for his second term as the POTUS. In the 2020 US elections, Trump lost to the Democratic leader. In 2024, he is hopeful that Americans will find a way to make him the President again. However, his future certainly looks uncertain amidst all the ongoing scandals and controversies against him. For instance, his guilty verdict in Stormy Daniels' hush money case that may land him in prison, his breach of a $381K British court order against a former MI6 agent and the allegations about his racist remarks on The Apprentice.

Now the June Fox News poll indicates President Biden is ahead of the Republican candidate by two points.

President Biden takes lead over Donald Trump in the latest Fox News poll

The June Fox News poll is the first poll conducted by the network since Trump’s historic conviction, reports Newsweek. According to the poll, President Biden is the hypothetical frontrunner in a matchup against Trump for the first time since October. The last time Biden beat Trump in a Fox News poll was in October 2023 when he was ahead by 49% to 48%.

The last Fox News poll took place in May where Trump was ahead of Biden by 1 point. June poll results show a 3-point change in the presidential race as Biden is up by 2 points — 50%-48%. The poll results are an accumulation of a survey of 1,095 registered voters that were randomly selected.

Apart from being ahead of Trump in a one-on-one match, Biden is also ahead of him by one point (43% to 42%) when other election candidates enter the survey. The Fox News poll showed that independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came in third with 10% and Cornel West and Jill Stein both got 2%.

With elections in less than 5 months, the race between Trump and Biden is expected to be neck-to-neck. In another poll by The Economist, the chances of Trump winning the 2024 elections keep sliding by the day. On Tuesday, the poll showed Trump had a three in four chance of winning the election and Biden had a one in four chance. The model showed the Republican candidate winning 306 Electoral College votes to Biden’s 232.

However, as of Wednesday, Trump’s chances of winning have slid, reports Newsweek. The model now says the former president is at 300 Electoral College and has a two in three chance of winning the election. Meanwhile, Biden has 238 votes with one in three chances.

Everything we know about the Fox News poll

The bifurcation of the polling results reveals that the increased interest in Biden stems from the voters’ viewpoint of the US economy. More voters than before (32%) now consider it to be in ‘excellent or good’ shape. What worked more in Biden’s favour was his recent announcement of introducing stricter immigration policies.

Further breakdown of the results reveals Biden has the support of 73% of Black voters. This may form a key demographic for him but it is significantly decreased from the 92% black votes that he received during the 2020 elections. Biden has also improved slightly more with women and seniors.

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Sources Used

Fox News: Fox News Poll: Three-point shift in Biden-Trump matchup since May

Newsweek: Donald Trump Hit by Devastating Poll From Fox News

Newsweek: Donald Trump's Chances of Winning Election Suddenly Slide