Voters across various demographics express deep dissatisfaction with the current administration, highlighting concerns such as rising cost of living, border control, foreign policy, and national debt. This dissatisfaction has led to indecisiveness among voters, with some leaning towards voting for Joe Biden as the lesser evil, while others plan to vote for third-party candidates or are still undecided. The split among these voters indicates a significant level of unhappiness with the available choices.
Millions of voters in states across the country cast their ballots in the presidential primary on Super Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the November election will be a rematch between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump.
But in a race that is increasingly inevitable, a New York Times/Siena College poll found a critical group of voters who are making the outcome of that race anything but certain.
Nate Cohn, The Times’s chief political analyst, explains who these voters are and why they present a particular threat to Mr. Biden.
Guest: Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times.
Background reading:
- The big change between the 2020 and 2024 races: Biden is unpopular.
- The latest NYT/Siena College poll includes those who started the survey but didn’t finish it. Here’s why.
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