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Dulcinea

(7,489 posts)
Fri Jul 12, 2024, 08:49 AM Jul 2024

After Biden's debate performance, the presidential race is unchanged

(NPR) The race for the presidency remains statistically tied despite President Biden’s dismal debate performance two weeks ago, a new national NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.

Biden actually gained a point since last month’s survey, which was taken before the debate. In this poll, he leads Trump 50% to 48% in a head-to-head matchup. But Biden slips when third-party options are introduced, with Trump holding the slightest advantage with 43% to 42%.

Those numbers, though, do not represent statistically significant differences, as the margin of error in the survey is +/- 3.1 percentage points, meaning results could be 3 points higher or lower.

The poll also found that, at this point, no other mainstream Democrat who has been mentioned as a replacement for the president on the ticket does better than Biden.

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/12/nx-s1-5036518/biden-trump-poll

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After Biden's debate performance, the presidential race is unchanged (Original Post) Dulcinea Jul 2024 OP
Aye. No other mainstream democrat...does better. captain queeg Jul 2024 #1
Aye. No other mainstream democrat...does better. captain queeg Jul 2024 #2

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
1. Aye. No other mainstream democrat...does better.
Fri Jul 12, 2024, 08:54 AM
Jul 2024

NPR-PBS: they haven’t jumped on the sink Biden boat, at least not like the corporate media. I hope when Joe wins he’ll increase support after Trump cut it.

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
2. Aye. No other mainstream democrat...does better.
Fri Jul 12, 2024, 11:11 AM
Jul 2024

NPR-PBS: they haven’t jumped on the sink Biden boat, at least not like the corporate media. I hope when Joe wins he’ll increase support after Trump cut it.

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