American voters believe that President Donald Trump will win the 2024 general election, according to a new poll.
The poll, which comes from the Economist and YouGov, reveals that far fewer Americans believe that Democrat President Joe Biden will secure his re-election.
The pollster surveyed 1,671 U.S. Adult Citizens between Feb. 11 and Feb. 13, 2024.
The margin of error is plus or minus three percentage points.
The poll covered a wide variety of topics, but, here, we will focus on the 2024 general election questions.
Among the questions that pollsters asked participants is this:
Regardless of who you prefer, who do you think would win the presidential election if Joe Biden were the Democratic candidate and Donald Trump were the Republican candidate?
This is certainly not your typical 2024 general election hypothetical.
Rather, the pollster is asking the participant to put his or her personal preference aside and evaluate the current state of the race for the presidency.
Participants were given three options: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and “Not sure.”
Trump came out on top with a 45% plurality.
Biden came in second with 34%.
And, “not sure” came in third with 21% of the vote.
In other words,