Trump leads Biden in 5 battleground states in New York Times poll

Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in five of the six major swing states, according to new polls released Sunday, as voters largely express disapproval of the current president.

Trump leads Biden by 10 points in Nevada, 6 in Georgia, 5 in Arizona, 5 in Michigan and 4 in Pennsylvania, according to new polls by The New York Times and Siena College. He is down by 2 points in Wisconsin.

Biden carried all six of the states in 2020, but now, 59% of voters in those states say they disapprove of Biden's job performance, while 38% say they approve.

Meanwhile, 71% of respondents said Biden is "too old to be an effective president," compared to 39% who said the same about Trump. 

Additionally, 62% of voters said Biden does not have the mental sharpness to be an effective president, while just 35% said he does. As to Trump's mental acuity, 54% of voters said he is sharp enough to be an effective president compared to 44% who said he is not.

More than half of all registered voters surveyed (53%) also said Biden's policies have personally hurt them, while 51% of voters said Trump's policies have personally helped them.

The polls of 3,662 registered voters across the six swing states were taken from Oct. 22 to Nov. 3 and, when taken together, had a 1.8% margin of error.

While Trump has not been formally nominated as the Republican presidential nominee for 2024, he is far ahead of all other candidates. While other Democratic candidates are running for the nomination, the Democratic Party has said it fully supports Biden's reelection bid and will not host primary debates.

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