According to recent surveys from Fox News, former President Trump has small leads over President Biden in the swing states of Pennsylvania and Arizona.
A Fox News poll shows Trump is ahead of Biden by 2 percentage points in Pennsylvania with around 49 percent of support compared to the president’s 47 percent. In Arizona, another Fox News survey indicates the former president has a 4-point lead over Biden with about 49 percent of the vote compared to Biden’s 45 percent.
In recent presidential elections, the races in Pennsylvania and Arizona were very close, with Biden narrowly winning both states in 2020 after Trump had won them in 2016.
Trump and Biden have secured enough delegates to likely become their party’s nominees for the White House. According to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ polling average, Trump is leading Biden by about 1.4 percentage points nationally.
In Pennsylvania, the new Fox News poll found Trump and Biden were tied when voters were asked who they would support in a five-way race that also included independents Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Cornel West, as well as Green Party candidate Jill Stein. Trump and Biden each received 42 percent of support, Kennedy received 9 percent, and West and Stein each received 2 percent.
In a five-way race in Arizona, Trump maintained a 4-point lead over Biden with 43 percent of support compared to Biden’s 39 percent. Kennedy received 10 percent of support in Arizona.
The Pennsylvania poll was conducted March 7-11 among 1,149 registered voters and has a margin of error of 3 percentage points. The Arizona poll was conducted March 7-11 among 1,121 registered voters and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
Both polls were conducted under the joint direction of Beacon Research and Shaw & Company Research.
