WI Is Sole Swing State Where Biden Leads Trump: NY Times Poll

WISCONSIN — Support for President Joe Biden has evaporated in several key battleground states in recent weeks, but he remains slightly ahead of former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin, according to new polling.

The poll from the New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Siena College saw Donald Trump surging ahead of Biden in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada, the purple states that will most likely determine who sits in the White House next year if the 2024 election is remotely close.

The poll gives Biden a two-point lead over Trump in Wisconsin, 47 percent to 45 percent. Biden narrowly won Wisconsin in 2020 and Trump narrowly won it in 2016, with each going on to win the presidency in that election.

Overall, the poll presents bleak news for the Biden campaign. Trump’s lead in five crucial battleground states is due to the former president’s growing support among Black and Hispanic voters.

Voters want more systemic reforms to the nation’s economic and political systems than the Democratic establishment has been willing to undertake, the survey found.

Justin Heinze, Patch Staff, contributed to this report.