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2024 Election Shakeup: Biden Trails Trump in Key Battlegrounds Amidst Voter Doubts and Economic Concerns

ByAlki David

Nov 5, 2023

President Biden finds himself trailing Donald J. Trump in five of the six crucial battleground states, a year ahead of the 2024 election, as per recent polls by The New York Times and Siena College. The surveys indicate margins of three to 10 percentage points in favor of Trump among registered voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. Wisconsin is the lone state where Biden maintains a two-percentage-point lead.

Despite Biden’s victory in these states in 2020, discontent is palpable. A majority of voters express that Biden’s policies have personally harmed them, revealing fractures in the multiracial and multigenerational coalition that propelled him to victory. Notably, demographic groups that overwhelmingly supported Biden in 2020 are now more closely contested, with two-thirds of the electorate believing the country is headed in the wrong direction.

Concerns about Biden’s age and effectiveness as a leader loom large, with 71 percent of respondents across demographics deeming him “too old” to be an effective president. In contrast, Trump, at 77, faces less criticism regarding his age.

Economic issues emerge as a focal point, with voters favoring Trump over Biden by a significant 22-point margin. This preference spans gender, education levels, age groups, and income brackets, posing a considerable challenge for Biden’s campaign.

As Biden faces these challenges, he has a year to turn the situation around. Despite his age and perceived weaknesses, economic indicators are positive. However, the polls indicate an uphill battle for the president, with Trump leading in key states and voters expressing dissatisfaction with Biden’s policies.

By Alki David

Alki David — Publisher, Media Architect, SIN Network Creator - live, direct-to-public communication, media infrastructure, accountability journalism, and independent distribution. Born in Lagos, Nigeria; educated in the United Kingdom and Switzerland; attended the Royal College of Art. Early internet broadcaster — participated in real-time public coverage during the 1997 Mars landing era using experimental online transmission from Beverly Hills. Founder of FilmOn, one of the earliest global internet television networks offering live and on-demand broadcasting outside legacy gatekeepers. Publisher of SHOCKYA — reporting since 2010 on systemic corruption inside the entertainment business and its expansion into law, finance, and regulation. Creator of the SIN Network (ShockYA Integrated Network), a federated media and civic-information infrastructure spanning investigative journalism, live TV, documentary, and court-record reporting. Lived and worked for over 40 years inside global media hubs including Malibu, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong and Gstaad. Early encounter with Julian Assange during the first Hologram USA operations proved a formative turning point — exposing the realities of lawfare, information suppression, and concentrated media power. Principal complainant and driving force behind what court filings describe as the largest consolidated media–legal accountability action on record, now before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Relocated to Antigua & Barbuda and entered sustained legal, civic, and informational confrontation over media power, safeguarding, and accountability at Commonwealth scale.