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The Sun Belt Shifts Away From Biden

2024/5/13
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Galen Druk: 本期节目讨论了最新民调显示拜登在关键战场州落后于特朗普的现象,并分析了造成这一现象的原因以及民主党可以采取的应对措施。民调显示,特朗普在内华达州领先12个百分点,在佐治亚州领先10个百分点,在密歇根州领先7个百分点,在亚利桑那州领先7个百分点,在宾夕法尼亚州领先3个百分点,只有威斯康星州拜登领先2个百分点。 Nathaniel Rakich: 分析认为,拜登最好的胜算之路可能在于中西部地区,而不是阳光地带州。拜登在年轻选民和非白人选民中的支持率下降,这可能是他落后的原因之一。此外,民调显示,尽管拜登落后,但民主党在一些关键州的参议院竞选中却领先,这可能意味着一些选民对民主党持开放态度,但尚未支持拜登,也可能意味着一些因素阻碍了这些选民投票支持拜登,例如对加沙战争的不满或对经济和总统任期的总体不满。 Jeffrey Skelly: 分析指出,通货膨胀是拜登最大的政治问题,即使它已经放缓,但价格上涨仍然让民众记忆犹新,这使得拜登难以克服这一问题。此外,民调显示,在基础设施建设和就业创造方面,拜登和特朗普的支持率不相上下,这表明拜登在这一问题上的优势并不明显。人们对特朗普执政时期经济的怀旧情绪也对拜登不利。 Leah Askaranam: 分析认为,共和党选民较为团结,而民主党选民则较为分裂。共和党总统候选人和参议院候选人的得票率非常接近,而民主党总统候选人和参议院候选人的得票率差距较大,这表明一些选民可能不会投票给拜登,但也不会投票给特朗普。当前的情况并非简单的分票投票,而是选民对拜登的强烈不满以及对特朗普的犹豫或不愿。虽然经济问题是选民最关心的问题,但堕胎问题在一些选民中也发挥着重要作用,尤其是在亚利桑那州等地。 Galen Druk: 本期节目还讨论了马里兰州和西弗吉尼亚州的初选,特别是马里兰州竞争激烈的民主党参议员初选。马里兰州现任参议员本·卡丁即将退休,县长安吉拉·奥索布鲁克斯和众议员大卫·特隆正在竞争他的位置。特隆是一位富有的白人男性,而奥索布鲁克斯是一位黑人女性,他们的竞选策略和资金投入存在差异。马里兰州的初选也涉及到选举能力、种族和性别等问题。西弗吉尼亚州州长竞选有两位候选人是现任国会议员的儿子,这使得竞选更加引人注目。马里兰州第三选区的民主党初选竞争激烈,哈里·邓恩凭借其在1月6日国会大厦保卫事件中的经历获得了大量资金支持。西弗吉尼亚州共和党众议员卡罗尔·米勒面临来自一位参与1月6日国会大厦事件人士的挑战,这使得初选竞争更加激烈。

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Three months ago, as the presidential primaries were getting underway, President Joe Biden was trailing former President Donald Trump in the polls nationally and in battleground states, and concerns about his age were coming to the fore. The optimistic view for Biden was that once the presidential primaries were over, and it became clear that the choice was a 2020 rematch, the polls would move in his direction. But the polls have changed little. In fact, a new set of battleground polls from The New York Times/Siena College shows Biden trailing in all but one of the battleground states, with a lead for Trump as high as 12 points in Nevada.

In this installment of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew asks why the end of the primaries, weeks of Biden campaigning and millions spent on advertising have changed the polls little. They also preview Tuesday's primaries in Maryland and West Virginia, in particular a very competitive Democratic Senate primary in Maryland.

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