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Poll: Independent voters move away from Biden

By Casey Harper
The Center Square

Former President Donald Trump holds a lead over President Joe Biden just a few months away from election day.

Emerson College Polling released the new poll, which reports Trump leads Biden 46% to 43% with 11% undecided.

When undecided voters were asked which candidate they lean toward, the poll evens up at 50-50 support. While the poll does even out, the number of voters unwilling to commit to Biden could suggest they are less enthusiastic and thus less willing to show up on election day.

According to the poll, 78% of Republicans “are extremely motivated, compared to 65% of Democrats and 63% of independents.”

The poll comes after what was widely considered a disastrous debate for the Biden campaign. During the debate, Biden trailed off, fumbled his words and became incoherent at times, sparking widespread dismay throughout the Democratic party and calls from some elected Democrats for the president to step aside for a new presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket.

So far, Biden has pushed back hard on the idea insisting that he will stay on the ballot and that he can beat Trump.

But since that debate, Trump, who already had a notable lead in most swing states, saw a bump in most polls.

The latest Emerson poll found Biden’s strength with Independents has waned in the last month.

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