Trump leads Biden in four key battleground states, polls find

Donald Trump is on course to beat Joe Biden in four keybattleground states, new polls show.

In Georgia, the former president leads by four points, with 51 per cent to his successor’s 47 per cent among registered voters, according to a Marist poll released on Wednesday.

Mr Biden won the state by just 0.23 per cent in 2020, becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state since Bill Clinton in 1992.

The president is behind by three points among those in Georgia who said they definitely plan to vote. Mr Trump has increased his support among young voters in the state since 2020, and he has made progress among Black voters, even as Mr Biden still has a wide lead among African Americans.

Mr Trump has been indicted in the state for his attempts to overturn the 2020 results there.

The Director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, Lee Miringoff, said in a statement: “Georgia has been ground zero for Trump’s legal problems dating back to the 2020 election. Although the overwhelming majority of Democrats and a plurality of independents think Trump broke the law, only a handful of Republicans think so.”

He added: “Despite all the attention focused on the state’s vote count in 2020, more than six in 10 Georgia voters across party lines remain confident in the integrity of state and local elections.”

Among independents in Georgia, Mr Biden leads by 49 to 48 per cent over Mr Trump.

In North Carolina, a Marist poll also published on Wednesday shows Mr Trump leading Mr Biden by three points – 51 to 48 per cent.

Among independents registered to vote in the state, Mr Trump has a six-point lead – 52 to 46 per cent.

The last Democrat to win North Carolina on the presidential level was Barack Obama in 2008.