Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in a recent Quinnipiac University poll conducted in Georgia, with the majority of respondents stating that the jury’s decision in Trump’s business records trial does not affect their choice in the presidential race. The survey asked participants, “If the election for president were being held today, and the candidates were Joe Biden the Democrat and Donald Trump the Republican, for whom would you vote.
The results show that 49 percent of respondents would support Trump, while 44 percent chose Biden, giving Trump a five-point lead. Notably, Trump and Biden are tied at 45 percent each among independent voters. Trump’s lead over Biden in the Peach State increases when third-party candidates are included, with Trump receiving 43 percent support, compared to Biden’s 37 percent. Eight percent of respondents chose independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., while three percent supported independent candidate Cornel West, two percent backed Green Party candidate Jill Stein, and another three percent chose Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver.
Trump leads Biden on major issues such as preserving democracy, handling the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Israel-Hamas war, the economy, and immigration. This aligns with voters’ priorities, with the economy being cited as the top issue, followed by preserving democracy and immigration. The survey found that half of Georgia voters agreed with the Manhattan jury’s verdict, finding Trump guilty on all 34 counts in his business records trial. However, most respondents (54 percent) stated that the verdict would not make a difference in their 2024 vote. Another 23 percent said the verdict made them more likely to support Trump, while 22 percent said it made them less likely.
Among independent voters, most (61 percent) said the verdict had no impact on their vote intention. The survey was conducted from May 30 to June 3 among 1,203 registered voters with a margin of error of ± 2.8 percent and coincides with the latest weekly survey from the Economist/YouGov, which found that an overwhelming majority of registered voters (92 percent) said that the Manhattan jury’s verdict has not changed their voting intention.