Voters Want Change. In Our Poll, They See It in Trump.

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🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The latest Times polling shows the extent of the challenge that President Biden faces and the strengths that Donald J. Trump retains. A yearning for change — as well as discontent over the economy and the war in Gaza among young, Black and Hispanic voters — may lie behind both. Nate Cohn, our chief political analyst, explains the surveys: New York Times/Siena College polls of Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona, and the inaugural Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena poll in Pennsylvania.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Barbero. This is the Daily.
0:09.0	Today.
0:12.0	A new poll showing former President Donald Trump leading President Biden in five of six battleground states.
0:18.6	According to the latest New York Times, Siena polls, the among likely voters Trump is ahead in Wisconsin, Georgia,
0:24.9	Nevada, Arizona and Pennsylvania.
0:27.3	Frankly for the Joe Biden campaign, these numbers are an absolute disaster. The smallest
0:31.3	leaders in Arizona for Donald Trump, he's up six.
0:33.4	Look at this, nine in Georgia, 13 in Nevada, my goodness gracious, my God, that is a huge lead.
0:40.1	No Democratic...
0:41.1	What the latest Times poll reveals about President Biden's challenges, Donald Trump's strengths,
0:47.6	and the profound hunger for change among voters that may explain both.
0:55.0	We turn, as always, to my colleague, Nate Cohn.
0:59.0	It's Tuesday, May 14th.
1:04.0	So, Nate, welcome back.
1:05.8	Michael, thank you.
1:07.6	Always good to be here.
1:08.9	I want to start by asking you to explain something pretty basic, which is why we conduct so many polls on the presidential race.
1:18.2	You were just on the show, I think about a month or so ago when the Times did.
1:24.0	Was really that recently?
1:25.0	Yes.
1:26.0	His last big presidential poll.
1:29.0	What is different about this latest poll and why are we conducting it so closely on the heels of
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