New poll has Trump ahead of Biden in 5 of 6 swing states

WASHINGTON (TND) — New polling shows President Joe Biden trailing former President Donald Trump in multiple key battleground states. The former President is making inroads with some traditionally Democratic voting bases.

The former president touted the latest New York Times/Siena poll on his way into a New York courtroom Monday.

“The New York Times just came out with a poll that shows us leading everywhere by a lot," Trump told reporters.

He has reason to be optimistic according to the latest numbers. Trump leads in five of six battleground states including Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, and Nevada. Biden was up in Wisconsin.

At a rally in New Jersey over the weekend, Trump said Democratic strongholds were in play in November.

"We are going to officially play in the state of New Jersey and we’re going to win the state of New Jersey," he told the crowd.

The new polling suggests Trump and Biden are tied with Hispanic voters with 31% support for each candidate. The group broke for Biden at more than 60% in 2020 and helped propel him to a presidential win.

Biden may also have a problem with young voters. Campus protests have shown disappointment in the U.S.'s support for Israel in the country's war with Hamas. The latest polling found that 13% of Biden voters in 2020 who don’t plan on voting for him in 2024 cite the war in Gaza and foreign policy as their number one issue.

Almost 80% of 18-to-29 year old's surveyed said there needed to be major economic changes or the system needed tearing down entirely, with Trump getting much more support in the poll as the candidate who would shake up the system. The poll also showed Black voter support for Biden may be softening with Trump making gains. The President has multiple events this week catering to Black audiences as he tries to shore up the support that helped him win in 2020.

Still, there's a long way to go before the November election. UNLV political science professor Kenneth Miller said nothing is set in stone six months out from the election.

“This was a weird poll but it doesn’t mean it’s wrong. If you’re in the Biden campaign you’re concerned but not alarmed, if you’re in the Trump campaign you’re encouraged but you’re not popping champagne corks just yet," he said. Miller said Trump has done a better job of getting his voters on board and Democratic voters haven't united around Biden yet.