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Trump garnered a lead of between 2 and 8 percentage points among
voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and
North Carolina on a ballot that included third-party and
independent candidates, the Journal said. The results were
similar in a one-on-one matchup with Biden, it said.
In Wisconsin, a seventh state where the contest is expected to
be close, Biden was ahead by 3 points on a multiple candidate
ballot and tied in a head-to-head contest with Trump, the
Journal said.
The Biden re-election campaign is grappling with voter concerns
about the U.S. economy despite job growth, healthy spending and
better-than-expected GDP increases, an issue that has vexed
economists and Democratic political strategists.
In the Journal poll, negative views of Biden's job performance
outweigh positive views by at least 16 percentage points and
more than 20 points in four of the states. Trump got an
unfavorable job rating for his time in the White House in only
one of the seven states - Arizona.
Trump was viewed as having the better physical and mental
fitness for the job by 48% of respondents, compared to 28% for
Biden, the poll showed.
The survey of 4,200 votes - 600 in each of the seven states -
was conducted March 17-24. It had a margin of error of plus or
minus 1.5 percentage points for the full sample and 4 points for
results in individual states, the Journal said.
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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