It's a tie: Biden 37%-Trump 37% as Hispanic and younger voters shift in new USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll
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🗓️ 6 May 2024
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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied in a new USA TODAY/Suffolk poll.
USA TODAY Justice Correspondent Aysha Bagchi recaps pivotal testimony from Hope Hicks and looks ahead to a new week of Donald Trump's hush money trial.
Israel calls on civilians to evacuate parts of Rafah, in southern Gaza.
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| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's the excerpt ad free right now. |
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Monday, May 6th, 2024. This is the excerpt. |
| 0:19.0 | Today a look at new polling surrounding Trump and Biden. |
| 0:26.0 | Well, as we look ahead to this week's Hush Money Trial testimony after we heard from Hope Hicks on Friday, |
| 0:31.0 | and the Cacadas are here. |
| 0:35.0 | Well, it's a tie. |
| 0:37.0 | Six months before election day, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump |
| 0:41.0 | are tied at 37% apiece in an exclusive USA Today Suffolk |
| 0:45.8 | University poll but plenty of votes are up for grabs. 24% of registered voters |
| 0:50.9 | say they might change their minds ahead of November's election, |
| 0:54.0 | and 12% have not made a choice yet. Meanwhile, 8% are now supporting independent Robert |
| 0:59.4 | F. Kennedy Jr. and an additional 5% are backing other third-party contenders. |
| 1:05.0 | Most of their supporters acknowledge they might switch their |
| 1:07.3 | allegiances before casting a ballot. |
| 1:09.8 | The new poll shows Biden closing a gap on Trump in recent months, though within the |
| 1:13.8 | surveys margin of error. In the USA Today Suffolk poll taken in January, Biden |
| 1:18.4 | trailed Trump by three points and in March he trailed by two. Now they're even. |
| 1:23.0 | Biden since January has also gained ground among some key voters |
| 1:27.0 | while Trump lost it, including among voters under 35. |
| 1:31.0 | Among Hispanic voters, Biden's support has stayed the same, but Trump has lost 11 points. |
| 1:37.0 | He can read more with a link in today's show notes. Another week of former President Donald Trump's New York Hush Money trial will see a new |
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