Former President Trump maintains his lead over President Biden in a hypothetical matchup, a new poll finds.
Trump had 49 percent support among registered voters, while Biden had 43 percent, according to the CNN Search, which was conducted by SSRS. These results were largely unchanged from CNN’s two previous polls, conducted in January and last fall.
Trump had 49% support in previous polls, while Biden had 45%.
Both main candidates in the 2024 presidential elections, however, received a high percentage of unfavorable opinions from voters in the latest polls. Fifty-eight percent of voters had an unfavorable view of Biden, while 55 percent had an unfavorable view of Trump.
Seventeen percent of voters said they had unfavorable opinions of Biden and Trump.
The poll also showed other negative news for Biden’s campaign, with 55 percent of respondents saying they viewed Trump’s presidency as a success, while 39 percent said the same about Biden’s.
Trump took to social media to give his opinion on the poll.
“GOOD POLL NUMBERS, FROM CNN OF EVERYWHERE, AGAINST THE WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (BY FAR!),” he wrote on Truth Social.
The CNN poll was conducted among 1,212 respondents, including 967 registered voters, from April 18 to April 23 and has a margin of sampling error of 3.4 percentage points.
Other national polls show a tight race between Biden and Trump. The national Hill/Decision Desk polling average shows Trump narrowly leading, with 45.3% support, compared to Biden’s 44.7%.
Updated at 7:48 a.m. EDT
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