In news that is sure to make liberal Democrats blow steam out of their ears, a brand new survey from the folks over at Fox News of registered voters has revealed that former President Donald Trump and current commander-in-chief Joe Biden, are now in a dead tie for control of the state of Virginia. The two men are now tied at 48 percent. During the last presidential election in 2020, Biden won the state by a total of 10 points.
Again, the reputation of Joe Biden has preceded itself. Has the insanely high rate of inflation, coupled with an egregiously expensive housing market and unemployment slapped the average American voter hard enough to make them open their eyes and see the reality of what’s happening under this president’s leadership? It seems that way.
Donald Trump is now dead even in Virginia in a just released @FoxNews poll. Joe Biden won Virginia by 10 in 2020. This is a holy shit moment for the Biden team. pic.twitter.com/pehtcPz8bN
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 6, 2024
via Fox News:
While Biden leads among Black voters, it is nowhere near where he was in 2020 – according to the Fox News Voter Analysis. In 2020, Biden won Blacks by 81 points, compared to 48 points in the new survey. Trump nearly triples his share among Black voters: 9% in 2020 to 25% today.
Trump’s support comes from White evangelical Christians (80%), rural voters (63%), voters without a college degree (56%), and White voters (54%).
There is no age gap, as voters under 30 (48% each) and those 65 and over (48% each) split their support.
Independents are also torn (45% Biden, 43% Trump).
The gender divide is small but still evident, as men are more likely to go for Trump (+5), while the opposite is true among women (Biden +6).
A potential five-way race is tight in Virginia as well, with Biden edging out Trump by just 1 point, 42%-41%, followed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 9%, Cornel West 2%, and Jill Stein 2%.
As of this writing, none of the current third-party candidates asked in the survey are on the ballot in the state of Virginia.
What makes this news so incredible is that Republicans have not taken the state of Virginia in a presidential election since 2004. But Trump has a real chance of reversing that trend.
"That's an astonishing number to see. That is going to send some chills in Wilmington down the spine of the folks working there."@DavidChalian reacts to new polling showing a tied race between Biden and Trump in Virginia. pic.twitter.com/TmxyL8gLFP
— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) June 7, 2024
“Virginia is a must win state for Biden, so a tight race here is going to require some serious defense from his campaign to hold it,” Democratic pollster Chris Anderson who helps do the Fox News Poll with Republican Daron Shaw, went on to explain. “But that appears possible, in that compared to elsewhere, Virginia voters are a little more positive about the economy and give Trump less of an advantage on the issues.”
Nearly 6 in 10 voters say they are holding steady financially (43%) or getting ahead (16%). That’s compared to 40% who feel they are falling behind. Those getting ahead/holding steady favor Biden by 32 points while those falling behind back Trump by 46 points.
Still, more voters say Trump would better handle the economy than Biden by 12 points. Trump’s advantage is even larger on immigration/border security where voters think he’d be better by 17 points. He also does well on the Israel-Hamas war (+10). Biden is preferred on the other issues tested: climate change (Biden better by 18 points), abortion (+11), election integrity (+10), health care (+8).
Biden has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is not in any way cut out to be the leader of our country. His policies have sent many Americans down to the bottom of the barrel, struggling to live paycheck-to-paycheck. Add to that the fact he’s obviously suffering from cognitive decline and it should be obvious that someone else needs to be in the Oval Office.
And by someone else, I mean Donald Trump.