President Joe Biden has received positive polling news with seven months to go until the presidential election, with a survey putting him ahead of Donald Trump for the first time.
So far, polls have been fairly evenly split, with commentators suggesting the race, which is a 2020 rematch, is too close to call.
While that remains the case and things could change between now and November, according to polling from Morning Consult, the incumbent president is leading with 44 percent of the vote share. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for 2024, is projected to garner 42 percent of the vote share in the poll.
The pair are tied among independents, both receiving 34 percent of the vote share. Cameron Easley, lead analyst of U.S. politics for Morning Consult, said this represents the first time Trump hasn't led among this group of voters.
National polls are just a popularity contest. The presidential election is actually fifty seperate state elections. Biden can get 100% of the vote of California but he will only receive the same amount of Electoral votes as if he won California 51-49.
Hillary Clinton did very good in high population deep blue states, but couldn't lock up the Rust Belt states.
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