06/07/2024

Election 2024: Biden Leads in the Polls for the First Time in Months

This comes after Trump's felony convictions last week

In the wake of former President Donald Trump’s felony convictions last week for falsifying business records to commit election fraud and hide a hush money payment to an adult film star, President Joe Biden (46 percent) now leads his Republican rival (44 percent) in a two-way race for the White House for the first time since October 2023, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll.

The past six Yahoo News/YouGov surveys showed Trump edging Biden among registered voters in a head-to-head matchup, or in a tie. At 46 percent, Biden’s current level of support is his highest since August 2023.

Yet even with Trump’s felony conviction factored in, the 2024 contest remains so close that Biden’s narrow lead vanishes once voters are given third-party options on a follow-up question.

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