Biden will win – fundraising momentum is keeping him ahead in key battleground states
Aaron Navarro June 16 2024 Biden raises $30 million at Hollywood fundraiser featuring Obama, campaign says https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-campaign-trail-los-angeles-hollywood-fundraiser/ Updated on: June 16, 2024 / 10:49 AM EDT / CBS News
Hollywood actors have had a presence on the campaign trail in support of Biden in recent weeks. Robert De Niro took part in a May campaign press conference outside the lower Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump's "hush money" trial was taking place. Ralph of "Abbott Elementary" campaigned with Vice President Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania, and Jane Fonda appeared at a campaign event in Reno, Nev. with first lady Jill Biden on Friday. The money comes at a time when the race is tight between Biden and Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. A from June found Mr. Biden up 1 point in the battleground states, a virtual tie. The Biden campaign says money raised Saturday will go to growing their grassroots operation (field offices, staffers) and towards paid media.
Biden will win – Trump is behind Biden in 2 key swing states – Wisconsin and Michigan
Newsweek, June 17 2024 Donald Trump's Fortunes Reversed in Two Battleground States Published Jun 17, 2024 at 4:31 AM EDTUpdated Jun 17, 2024 at 11:24 AM EDT https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-polls-michigan-wisconsin-trailing-joe-biden-1913500
Donald Trump has lost his marginal leads in two key battleground states, less than five months before the presidential election. The presumptive presidential nominee is set to face incumbent President in November, and polls have so far shown that the , with the pair statistically tied or holding only marginal leads in a number of surveys. However, according to the VoteHub tracker, which aggregates the averages of polls by highly rated pollsters given a rating of "A" or "B" in the past 28 days, Trump is now behind Biden in Michigan and Wisconsin for the first time during this election cycle. In March, Biden trailed Trump by -3.7 percentage points in Michigan, the voting tracker showed. But after closing the gap to 0.7 percent in April, the current White House occupant took the lead in May, claiming a 1 percentage point lead over his Republican rival. This has now declined to a lead of 0.8 percent as of June but is still a slim lead on Trump.