In yet more bad news for Biden as the 2024 presidential race really kicks into high gear and Trump gets going with his campaign, even CNN, which has long been an opponent of President Trump, had some hosts admit that the 2024 election is looking good for Trump. That came during a segment on Wednesday. July 17, with correspondent John King and longtime host and anchor Wolf Blitzer.
In the segment, the two discussed the current polling numbers and how things look good for former President Trump, with the then-current polling showing that the former president could be on track, if current patterns hold, to win a whopping 330 electoral votes. Were it to happen, that would signal, obviously, dramatic disapproval over the current state of the nation.
Blitzer, broaching the subject, noted that Trump is doing quite well in the critical swing states according to current polling, saying, “Well, the latest polls show Trump is slightly ahead of Biden in all these key battleground states.” King, responding, said, “The state of the race on night two of the Republican convention is Donald Trump is leading in this race. Significantly, if you look deep into the polling, he has a chance to build on it.”
Continuing, King said, “New numbers out today. More bad news for the president. Well, let’s look through it. And let’s start with the then this is back in 2020 when Joe Biden won a pretty convincing win, 306 to 232.” he added, “This is the map as it fills in. Remember the then when you look at the now because the striking the difference is striking. This is how our CNN political unit, led by David Chalian, projects the race right now.
Further, King noted that Trump, according to current polling, would win the tossup states and thus the election, saying, “And right now: deep red, solid Republican, light red, lean Republican. If this map played out and the election were today and the map played out like this, even if the tossups went blue, Donald Trump would win the election.”
He then also noted, describing which of those states it is that Trump should win, at least as of now, “Donald Trump would win the election, but the map is even more favorable to Donald Trump. If you look through this new polling today, it’s a small lead. But Donald Trump is leading in Pennsylvania right now. Donald Trump is leading in Wisconsin right now. Donald Trump is leading in Arizona right now. And Donald Trump, most believe, right now has the lead in Nebraska two. Nebraska, like Maine, rewards electoral votes by congressional district.”
And, continuing, he said, describing how those wins would play out in terms of electoral votes, “So look at the map right now that gets Donald Trump to 303. And there’s new polling today that shows the president’s approval rating in these battleground states is below 40. The president’s ballot number right now is below 40 in most of those states. And it’s a 42 in Nevada. It’s very hard. In 16 weeks, we count the votes, 16 weeks from tonight to turn that around.”
Still not done, King then noted that Democrats are getting worried because traditional stronghold states are looking up in the air, saying, “Plus, Democrats are now worried, they think — I’m not saying this is going to happen — but what they’re saying is the president’s going to have to spend more time and more resources on places like Virginia because it’s competitive; in places like New Hampshire, because it’s competitive. You look at this map as it plays out and there are Democrats making the case, and we have Wisconsin blue here. Let’s move Wisconsin over here. There are Democrats making the case that Donald Trump is on a viable path, as of today, to get to 330 electoral votes, Wolf, or even higher because they see other states in here. The Trump campaign says Minnesota. The Trump campaign says maybe New Mexico. Let’s be cautious. Those are blue states traditionally.”
He continued, “But the president’s standing, his approval rating, his ballot number, people’s views about how old he is, and people who view the state of the economy are very bad for the president right now. And so even if you just go back to where we started, Donald Trump is in command. The numbers are getting worse for the president, Wolf. And Donald Trump has an opportunity with this convention to build it even more.”
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