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2024 Presidential Race Tied But Trump Has Firmer Support Amongst Base

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A new survey from the Messenger/HarrisX has found that former President Donald Trump and President Biden are effectively tied in polling, but Trump may have firmer support from his base and benefit more from third-party presidential candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

  • Messenger writes: "With third-party candidates on the ballot, Trump led with 40% support, followed by Biden at 37%, while independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy was at 11%. Independent Cornel West and Green party candidate Jill Stein were in single digits."
  • Recognising the threat from third-party candidates, American Bridge, "the Democratic Party’s primary opposition research organization," is spending millions of dollars to "track Republican rivals and produce attack ads due to concerns that third-party candidates could siphon off votes from Biden in key states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona," according to Reuters.
  • Pat Denis, president of American Bridge, said in a statement: "We're keeping an eye out to make sure they're dotting all their i's and crossing their t's, and we are not ruling out legal action with our attorneys if we identify a problem — and that applies for all third-party threats to President Biden."

Figure 1: 2024 Presidential Election, Hypothetical Biden/Trump Matchup

Source: Messenger/HarrisX

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