Former President Donald Trump reportedly leads President Joe Biden by a 46% to 42% margin (12% undecided) nationally in the latest Emerson College Polling study, the first shared since Trump was the target of an assassination attempt at his Butler, Pennsylvania, rally last Saturday (July 13).
Trump kept his 46% favorability from earlier in the month while Biden dropped 2%.
“Recent polling shows Biden losing support more significantly than Trump gaining it since the attempted assassination. This raises questions about whether Biden’s decline is still influenced by the debate or if Trump has reached his support ceiling,” said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling.
Trump is also reported to have an advantage over Biden and other candidates in the key swing states of Arizona (46%), Georgia (44%), Michigan (43%), Nevada (43%), North Carolina (47%), Pennsylvania (46%) and Wisconsin (46%), according to the poll. The former president has gained two percentage points in Arizona, one percentage point in Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and lost one percentage point in Michigan since March 2024.
Trump’s right ear was grazed during the shooting and seen yelling “fight” to his supporters while being evacuated from the rally by Secret Service members. One spectator, identified as Corey Comperatore, 50, was killed during the incident while two others, David Dutch, 57, of New Kensington, and James Copenhaver, 74, were initially critically wounded but have since been upgraded to stable condition.
Police identified Thomas Matthew Crooks as the shooter late Saturday night. Secret Service snipers immediately took out Crooks, who was found with an AR-style semi-automatic assault rifle and a detonator wired to an improvised explosive device hidden in the trunk of his car parked near the rally.
Trump is scheduled to officially accept the Republican presidential nomination during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Thursday (July 18) night.
Recent Comments