Biden's lead in New York drops to single digits as Trump vows to win state
President Biden holds a 9-point lead over former President Trump in New York, the smallest gap yet, according to a new Sienna College poll.
President Biden's lead over former President Trump in New York has dropped to single digits, according to a Wednesday poll from Sienna College.
Biden maintains a lead over Trump with 47% of the vote, compared to the former president's 38%. This is a slight narrowing of the gap since last month, when Biden led Trump 47%-37%.
New York voters remain deeply polarized over the two candidates, however, with 32% of voters saying a Biden victory will "irreparably harm America," and 41% saying the same about a Trump victory.
Just 18% of voters, including between 16%-19% of Democrats, Republicans and Independents, say they are confident that America will survive and thrive regardless of the outcome, the poll also found.
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Sienna conducted the poll from May 13-15, surveying 1,191 registered New York voters. The survey advertises a margin of error of 3.9%.
The poll comes as Trump has spent roughly a month on trial in Manhattan delivering near-daily statements to the press outside the courtroom. Trump has vowed to win the Empire State, as well as his case.
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"The criminal justice system is on trial in New York,'" Trump said Monday morning. "I love this state. I love the people of the state. I'm running hard in New York."
"I think we're going to win New York," he added.
A poll from the New York Times earlier this month saw Trump holding leads over Biden in five of six key battleground states.
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Trump leads Biden among registered voters 49%-42% in Arizona, 49%-39% in Georgia, 49%-42% in Michigan, 50%-38% in Nevada, and edges the president 47%-44% in Pennsylvania, with Biden narrowly on top in Wisconsin 47%-45%, according to the poll.
The surveys' findings were similar when third-party and independent candidates were added to the mix, including Democrat-turned-independent White House contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The longtime environmental activist and scion of the nation's most storied political dynasty was grabbing around 10% support across the six states. The polls suggested Kennedy was drawing roughly equally from both Biden and Trump.