Trump lead over Biden in Michigan powered by 2 critical voting blocs: poll
Former President Trump is leading with younger and independent voters, according to a CNN-SSRS poll
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Former President Trump is leading President Biden in Michigan, and the pair are neck and neck in Pennsylvania as the 2024 presidential general election campaign begins, according to a CNN-SSRS poll.
Trump boasts an eight percentage-point lead over Biden in the Great Lakes State, with key support coming from younger and independent voters.
Pollsters found among registered voters, Trump maintains 50% support compared to Biden's 42% in Michigan, where Trump won in 2016 but lost in 2020.
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Women were split evenly between the two candidates, while Trump leads among independent and younger voters, the poll found.
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Former President Trump speaking at a campaign rally in Waterford, Michigan. Trump is up in multiple key demographics heading into the 2024 presidential election season. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Trump beat Biden 52% to 37% among voters aged 45 and younger. He also beat Biden 47% to 37% among independent voters.
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Biden maintains a 21 percentage-point lead among voters of color, according to the poll.
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President Biden, center, talks to supporters at a campaign event outside a private home in the Cathedral District neighborhood of Saginaw, Michigan. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images))
However, Trump's lead does not come with abundant enthusiasm. Less than half of voters (46%) expressed satisfaction with their choice of candidates.
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The statistic is higher among Republicans, with 65% expressing satisfaction in the choice of presumptive nominees.
Michigan, a blue state from 1992 to 2012, swung for Trump in the 2016 election that clinched him the Oval Office.
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A voter inserts her absentee voter ballot into a drop box in Troy, Michigan. The state was a consistently Democratic stronghold for many years before former President Trump swung it red in 2016. President Biden swung Michigan back to blue in 2020, and now it is a major battleground state drawing the attention of both parties. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
It swung back to blue and helped put Biden into office in 2020, distinguishing it as a major swing state for candidates heading into 2024.
Pennsylvania voters were far more divided between the two candidates, with an even 46-46% split.
Similar to Michigan, 47% of Pennsylvanians expressed dissatisfaction with the choice of candidates.
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The CNN poll gathered responses from 1,097 registered voters in Michigan via online responses and telephone. SSRS conducted the poll from Mar. 13 to Mar. 18 and has a sampling error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.
The Pennsylvania poll surveyed 1,132 registered voters in the same time period. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.