A new Echelon poll has good news for former President and 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump: he’s up on Biden by 7 points in several key swing states.
“A full 48% of respondents in swing states said they would probably or definitely vote for Trump, compared with 41% who said they would pick Biden, though Biden is still narrowly favored overall by likely voters, 43%-42%,” Newsmax reports.
“Trump’s lead in swing states is further solidified when Green Party candidate Cornel West is involved, with 48% of respondents saying they would pick the former president compared with 40% for Biden.”
Could Cornel West be an election spoiler for Joe Biden?
“There is always a danger a third-party candidate can impact the Electoral College results, particularly if they receive enough votes in a battleground state or states to change the outcome,” David B. Cohen, a political science professor at the University of Akron in Ohio, told Newsweek.
“In a close election, Cornel West could well be a spoiler.”
“There is no evidence to suggest that the 2024 election will be anything but a very close election decided by razor-thin margins, which means that a third-party candidate could have an outsized influence in the result,” he added.
The report comes as Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign pulled in more than $35 million in the second quarter of fundraising this year.
Meanwhile, according to FiveThirtyEight, Joe Biden’s approval continues to plummet; his approval numbers are the lowest since Jimmy Carter at this point in his presidency.
